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 James Rocchi | Jan 23, 2014 | Festivals, Interviews, Podcast, What's Hot
This week, The Lunch comes to you from Park City, Utah, and the Sundance Film Festival, where Esquire.com/Village Voice/Film Comment contributor David Fear (@davidlfear on twitter) joins regular host James Rocchi to discuss some of the standout films of the first half...
by James Rocchi | Jan 23, 2014 | Festivals, Reviews, What's Hot
Premiering at Sundance 2014, Cooties takes place in the heartland, U.S.A. town of Fort Chicken; the film’s opening montage paraphrases the adage about how you never want to see the sausage made, as a poultry nugget oozing with unclean effluvia comes off the line at...
by James Rocchi | Jan 22, 2014 | Festivals, Reviews, What's Hot
One of the pleasures of Sundance – one of the pleasures of filmgoing – is when you know almost nothing about a film beyond title and cast, and then have to take your chances; it’s even better when that film then takes its own chances with its choices. The One I...