Indie Film Roundup
Once again, a crop of low-budget films finds its way into our multiplexes this week for our edification. You might well turn to these...
A Death in the Family
Back in 1996, when Sling Blade came out, not only had no one heard of Billy Bob Thornton, the whole concept of regional cinema...
Jane Addiction
The devotion of Jane Austen’s fanbase can be measured in how many movies have been inspired by her work. I don’t mean just straightforward...
Amandla!
The biography Winnie Mandela was made back in 2010, but it’s probably coming to local theaters now because Nelson Mandela is approaching the end...
I’ll Be Watching You
Paranoid political thrillers crested in the 1970s, but I’m looking forward to a new wave of them inspired by the revelations by Edward Snowden...
Teenage Drink
As alcoholism dramas go, last week’s offering, The World’s End, is a hard act to follow. If The Spectacular Now isn’t as powerful or...
Grandmaster Flash
Wong Kar-Wai’s films generally don’t play in American multiplexes, but that’s exactly where his latest movie, The Grandmaster, lands this weekend. That’s because it’s...
King of Beers
We’re not too late to declare the comedy of the summer, are we? Good, because The World’s End is not only the season’s funniest...
Family Dies
If you’ve seen the trailer and the posters for You’re Next, you may think that this is just another crappy late-summer slasher flick. Actually,...
A Place Beside the Table
The issue comes up again and again, and for good reason. Recent movies like The Help, Lincoln, Django Unchained, and 42 vary widely in...
