by Sean Axmaker | Feb 11, 2014 | Home Viewing
Wadjda (Sony, Blu-ray+DVD Combo, Digital, On Demand), the first feature film produced in Saudi Arabia and the country’s first submission to the Oscars, did not make the final cut, but it is just as worthy as any of the nominated films I’ve seen. The plot...
by Richard T. Jameson | Jan 14, 2014 | Awards, Features, News, What's Hot
Images, lines, gestures, moods from the year’s films By Richard T. Jameson and Kathleen Murphy * Inside Llewyn Davis: Llewyn (Oscar Isaac) sits by in the Village club, uninvited, as “500 Miles” is performed by Jim & Jean (Justin Timberlake, Carey...
by Noah Walden | Dec 30, 2013 | News, What's Hot
Is it fair to compare a lesbian love story told by a Tunisian-French director to a documentary about a wave of killings in Indonesia in which the still living assailants recreate the scenes of slaughter? Or to state which is definitively better; the tale of man sold...
by James Rocchi | Dec 17, 2013 | Editor's Picks, Features, Reviews, Staff Picks
I could preamble all of this with the expected and the even-handed — some think 2013 was a great year for film, some think it was not; here are some films you have most certainly heard of, and here are a few you’re invited to reconsider — but all...
by Noah Walden | Dec 3, 2013 | News
David O. Russell, who, you may recall, had some awards-season success with last year’s Silver Linings Playbook, looks to be on track for another season of trophies with American Hustle. Russell re-teams with his Playbook pairing of Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley...
