It has been over 15 years since I’ve seen the 1991 animated Disney classic Beauty and the Beast. This year marks the 25th anniversary of Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise’s family musical and, w... Read more
The next film in a year chock full of primo animated features is the Nicholas Stoller and Doug Sweetland co-directed feature, Storks. A clever take on the fairy tale of storks delivering ba... Read more
When a porn star is killed and a seemingly unrelated girl goes missing, an alcoholic private eye named Holland March (Ryan Gosling) and an enforcer for-hire Jackson Healy (Russell Crow) must... Read more
Set to his theaters and VOD this week from Drafthouse Films is Klown Forever, the sequel to the 2012 outrageous Danish comedy, Klown. The film reunites the writers and stars of the film Casp... Read more
Their first major film together as leads on the big screen, Jordan Peele and Keegan-Michael Key take a ridiculous idea and somehow manage to make a moderately entertaining movie out of it. ... Read more
The plot sounds a little bland, the opening few minutes suggests a potentially dull, dreary story that will plod along at an unbearably slow rate, but then somehow The Projects turns around... Read more
I’m a big fan of Yoshihiro Nakamura. Ever since I saw his masterpiece Fish Story years ago I’ve made it a point to see his new films whenever they become available. Thankfully, the Japan Cut... Read more
Originally released in 2015 back in Japan, Sion Sono’s fantastical dramedy Love & Peace has finally made its way to NYC thanks to the Japan Cuts festival. This genre mash-up is part mus... Read more
With Japan Cuts officially underway, it’s time to visit the first film I screener for this year’s festival, Nobuhiro Doi’s dramedy, Flying Colors. Based on a true story, Flying Colors stars... Read more
Opening this years Japan Cuts 2016 is the quirky dramedy about a metal-rocker returning home to introduce his fiancé to his dysfunctional family. Eikichi (Ryuhei Matsuda) is the frontman of... Read more
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