Helicopter Parenting
A few weeks ago in my review of Hello, My Name Is Doris, I wrote about the slight uptick we’re seeing in movies made...
Since My Baby Left Me
If Black Snake Moan is disappointing, that’s largely because it starts out with one of the greatest premises of any movie in recent years....
But I’m a Cheer-leader
Fired Up is a comedy about cheerleading, which immediately places it in danger of being overshadowed. The makers of this film find a creative...
The BFG: The Bigger They Are …
A few months ago, many observers were stunned when Mark Rylance won the Oscar for Best Supporting actor for his work on Bridge of...
Q Cinema
Bo Parker speaks in torrents. His conversation, cloaked with the terminology of marketing and design, crackles with ideas.
The 32-year-old isn't a screenwriter or director,...
My Deadly Valentine
I see it now. There are two Matthew Vaughns. In one corner, we have Good Boy Matthew Vaughn, the British director who brought icy...
Belle of the Ball
If you’re like many people, 12 Years a Slave was the first film you saw by a black British director. Maybe you wondered whether...
Gloria in Excelsis
This Sebastián Lelio doesn’t let the moss gather. The Chilean director has now put out four films made in three countries in a span...
Princess of Whales
They say that comedy can be highly culturally specific, and I can tell you it’s true after staring uncomprehendingly at the Korean movie Miss...
Knight and Day: Up in the Air
I’m not in the habit of using the word “piffle.” Yet that sprang to mind as I was watching Knight and Day, and the...
