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 | 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 Sean Axmaker | Nov 20, 2013 | Editor's Picks, Home Viewing
Russian Ark (Kino, Blu-ray, DVD), Alexander Sokurov’s tribute to the Hermitage Museum through time and space created, would be worth celebrating for its technical achievement alone. In a single, unbroken shot lasting over 90 minutes, the viewer is swept not just...
by Danny Miller | Nov 19, 2013 | Editor's Picks, Interviews
With the largest store of glaciers outside of the polar ice caps, the Himalayas has been coined the “Third Pole” of the earth. Like at the other poles, the effects of rising global temperatures are dramatically destabilizing the local ecosystem. Unusual and often...
by Danny Miller | Nov 18, 2013 | Editor's Picks, Interviews
Compared to other filmmakers, Alexander Payne hasn’t made that many films — only six since his 1996 debut — but the expertise he brings to every one of his films is awe-inspiring. Citizen Ruth (1996), Election (1999), About Schmidt (2002), Sideways (2004), and The...
by Sean Axmaker | Nov 18, 2013 | Editor's Picks, News
Who knew that Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg would make such a great buddy team? 2 Guns (Universal) features the savvy vet and the earnest upstart in a buddy crime film filled with twists, surprises, betrayals, and lots and lots of gunfire. The two guns are, of...