by James Rocchi | Feb 6, 2014 | Interviews, Podcast, Staff Picks, What's Hot
This week on The Lunch Podcast, regular host James Rocchi is joined by Justin Simien, the writer-director of the Sundance 2014 breakout hit Dear White People, a campus comedy about race, class and representation in an America — and the rare satire that cares...
by James Rocchi | Feb 4, 2014 | Editor's Picks, Reviews, Staff Picks, What's Hot
Seen as an eye-rolling example of branding-mad Hollywood at its worst when first announced, The Lego Movie edged slightly towards the possibility of not being a brain-dead commercial for itself with the hiring of Chris Miller and Phillip Lord as writers and directors....
by James Rocchi | Jan 30, 2014 | Reviews, Staff Picks, What's Hot
Written and directed by Tom Gormican in his feature-film debut, That Awkward Moment follows three college friends now negotiating ostensibly grown-up life in NYC — ringleader and ‘rotation’ master Jason (Zac Efron), messily-married M.D. Mikey...
by James Rocchi | Jan 29, 2014 | Awards, Editor's Picks, Festivals, Interviews, Podcast, Staff Picks, What's Hot
William Goss (of Film.com, Empire Magazine’s U.S. iPad Edition and TheDissolve.com) joined The Lunch Podcast this week either late Saturday night or early Sunday morning to talk about the rest of the best of the fest, from Listen Up Philip to Cooties, Love is...
by Michael Taus | Jan 18, 2014 | Features, Staff Picks
Like many artists, Milan-based director Rino Stefano Tagliafierro’s steals art to make art in his animated short film Beauty, but he does so perhaps like no other before him. The film builds a story of love, passion and evil by animating more than 100 paintings...
by Noah Walden | Jan 15, 2014 | Festivals, Staff Picks, What's Hot
Check out Cinephiled’s ongoing coverage of Sundance 2014 right here! And follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Google+ for live coverage of the event. Each year as the calendar reaches the icy center of January the cinema world’s attention turns to Park City,...