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Conclave: Election Season
Well, why don’t they make more movies about electing a pope? The procedure involves a small number of powerful men from all corners of...
Shiva the Destroyer
When I read Jonathan Tropper’s novel This Is Where I Leave You, I wasn’t all that impressed with it, but I figured it could...
Film Shorts
OPENING:
Buried (R) Ryan Reynolds stars in this thriller as a man who finds himself buried alive in a coffin. Also with Stephen Tobolowsky, Samantha...
Smart Sloane
Sometimes, my job is easy. Take Miss Sloane, for example. This movie sets Jessica Chastain in the middle of a House of Cards-style political...
Gregory Crewdson: Motionless Pictures
For whatever reason, 2012 has yielded a bumper crop of documentary films about prominent artists: Marina Abramovic, Ai Weiwei, and Gerhard Richter have all...
Breakout Talents of 2011’s Movies
Please note that some of the filmmakers and actors who announced their presence in 2011 are included in the other posts citing notable achievements...
Relic: Black Death
I couldn’t obtain a screener of Relic, so I strapped into a hazmat suit — okay, maybe a bit less than that — and...
Holiday Movie Preview
When I wrote up this piece last year, Hollywood was giving the popcorn crowd precious little to look forward to. There’s a much more...
LSFF Report (Day 3)
As always, Saturday turned out to be the busiest day for the festival. The winner of the Jury Prize at this year’s Cannes Film...
School’s Out
Quam Odunsi was born in Chicago to Nigerian parents and raised mostly in his parents’ homeland.
His first feature film, Borland, takes place in a...
