A sleepy, seaside British village might not be the most universally relatable location for a film, but even within the picturesque setting there’s room for personal disappointment. In Juliet, Naked we see that relationships ...
From the beginning, the ‘Cloverfield’ franchise has been as much about J.J. Abrams’ interest in marketing as it is about the movies themselves. This weekend, Abrams’ pulled off his greatest ‘Cloverfie...
Beneath the surface, ‘Loving Vincent’ is a fairly dull Vincent van Gogh bio-pic by way of a ‘Citizen Kane’ knockoff. But oh…what a surface. The animated feature was meticulously hand painted in the artist&#...
Even after his patented mockumentary style was co-opted by countless TV shows, there’s still only one Christopher Guest. His latest comedy, ‘Mascots’, serves up almost everything you could want from one of his hy...
The only real problem with Stephen Frears’ ‘The Program’ is that it can’t help but exist in competition with the brilliant documentary ‘The Armstrong Lie‘, and fictionalized true life stories ju...
‘St. Vincent’ is a movie that exists for one reason and one reason alone: to share the gift of Bill Murray with the world. Take Murray out of the equation and the flick is a maudlin mess. Include him and he at least ma...
There is one reason and one reason alone to see ‘St. Vincent’, and that’s Bill Murray working his cantankerous charms. As usual, that’s just enough to make the whole wonky ride worthwhile. This is far from ...
When a film opens with a priest being told that he will be killed in a week as punishment for centuries of sin by the Catholic Church, you wouldn’t expect the movie that follows to be a comedy. Yet that’s exactly what John Michael...
HBO has a knack for luring notable filmmakers – as in, people who are perfectly capable of sustaining a successful career in feature films if they want – to the land of television. For its latest half-hour comedy series ‘Fam...
