Kelly Reichardt's Certain Women is a departure for her in some ways. It's the first feature she's worked on without…
The late Christine Chubbuck is more famous than one might expect of a local Sarasota journalist who focused on relatively…
Todd Solondz is a polarizing moviemaker, to be sure, but no one can deny that the man has a distinctive…
To watch Austrian duo Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz’s Goodnight Mommy is to be subject to an emotional resonance and…
Two years ago, only cinephiles knew who Cary Joji Fukunaga was. He was the Oakland-born writer-director of gritty, modestly budgeted…
As the lead environmental terrorist in Night Moves, Jesse Eisenberg takes it very seriously. John Ralske, MovieMaker Magazine (MM): This…
Christopher Blauvelt is a rising star behind the camera, as cinematographer for 2013's The Bling Ring and Max Rose, and…
At this year's New York Film Festival, internationally renowned filmmaker Jia Zhangke showed his new film, A Touch of Sin,…
This year's Los Angeles Film Festival (LAFF) offers a uniquely broad-ranging view of contemporary cinema. Aside from their World Premiere-heavy…
Festival de Cannes is upon us. Like me, you wish you were there. Or unlike me, you are there, which…
I always go into the Tribeca Film Festival with a mixture of excitement and dread. Of the 738 (or so)…
This year, Stand Clear of the Closing Doors from director Sam Fleischner was my favorite narrative feature at Tribeca, where it…
Alias Ruby Blade, which had its North American premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival last week, tells the story of Kirsty…
Dan Krauss' riveting, disturbing, morally probing documentary, The Kill Team, celebrated its world premiere this week at the 2013 Tribeca…
The Tortuous Torture Debate The "debate" over the depiction of torture in one of my favorite movies of the year,…
That Buzz You Hear The chatter in my insular little film-nerd world this week was all about who's not directing…