Red Army opens with an old clip of a pre-presidential Ronald Reagan speaking about the threat of the communist Soviet Union. It serves as a perfect introduction to this documentary, which te... Read more
I can’t believe it’s been two years since a Paul Thomas Anderson movie has been released. The American auteur has diligently been working hard on his new film Inherent Vice, an adaptation of... Read more
There are few films featured in the lineup of the New York Film Festival this year that come to the festival with heaps of praise already. Leading the pack is Whiplash, which has wowed audie... Read more
[Because so much of the impact of Gone Girl is based on its plot twists, I will refrain from spoiling anything that has to do with the major plot twists.] Nick Dunne (Ben Affleck) is an out-... Read more
There are few directors in history who were so gifted that they made one masterpiece film after another. One of those directors was the legendary Sergio Leone, who is best known for directin... Read more
When people think of Ben Stiller they think of the comedic actor, but what many people don’t know is that he is also quite the director, helming such hits as Tropic Thunder, The Cable Guy an... Read more
I enjoyed the first film Ralph Fiennes directed, Coriolanus (read my review here). It wasn’t particularly impressive, but it was a solid first effort that was right up Fiennes’... Read more
It’s been about four years since Spike Jonze has released a feature length film and this time he’s coming in with a powerhouse cast for his new romantic drama, simply titled Her. Set in L.A.... Read more
Alexander Payne is far from a perfect filmmaker — count me among those who think his last film, The Descendants, was solid, but overrated — but there are few directors who can ma... Read more
All is Lost is not a movie for everyone. For one thing, roughly 95% of the film’s dialogue occurs in the first two minutes of the film. Additionally, there is only a single actor (the... Read more
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