Go Bigger
Well, you figured Magic Mike would get a sequel. You figured it would be on a larger scale. You just didn’t figure it would...
Double Dare
Duplicity is the second film by Tony Gilroy, the longtime screenwriter who made a smashing directorial debut in 2007 with Michael Clayton. You...
A Ghost Story: This House Is Empty Now
Last week in this very space, Zack Shlachter wrote about David Lowery’s latest film and the sexual harassment allegations against its star, Casey Affleck,...
End-of-Spring Roundup
Only two movies are opening in wide release this week, and neither of them screened in time for our deadlines. Ex Machina is expanding...
Arrival: Graphic Language
Ted Chiang’s “Story of Your Life” is a terrific and well-nigh unfilmable piece of science fiction. Frequently told in the future tense, this lengthy...
Make It Rainn
Modestly watchable, The Rocker is nowhere near the level of Almost Famous or The School of Rock, this decade's great movies about rock bands....
Cryptozoo: Fantastic Beasts
We know about outsider art, but is there such a thing as outsider animation? If there is, then Cryptozoo certainly belongs to that category....
Family History on Film
At 51, Carolyn Macartney is no wide-eyed newcomer in the world of filmmaking. The Southern Methodist University film professor grew up around films (her...
Pond’s Life
When Russ Pond was a boy, he played around with an 8mm camera and made home movies with his brother.
That's how the story...
Lamb Shank
How many Icelandic films have you watched? I haven’t seen that many, and it’s kinda my job. I can’t say what Icelandic cinema is...
