Queen & Slim: Ride or Die
Many films depend on a what-if scenario, and the one behind Queen & Slim is a good one. We’ve heard so many stories about...
Oscar’s Hidden Gold
Hey, look! It’s an Oscar ceremony in March, just like we used to have every year. With all the attention on the Best Picture...
The End of the Tour
Jeremy Saulnier’s superb low-budget revenge thriller Blue Ruin made my list of 2014’s best films, but its scant distribution kept mass audiences from seeing...
Big Fish & Begonia: Fly Like a Dolphin
Ten years ago, Kung Fu Panda came out in China, and while audiences there loved the story of animals who were martial arts warriors,...
Power Ballad: Steal This Song
John Carney’s films are great because they have that one great song. Sometimes Carney writes that song himself and sometimes other people do it,...
The Art of War
The true story of how a team of artists and art historians fought to keep the Nazis from looting or destroying priceless works of...
Three Films and Change: Mother, Chloe, The Last Song
Fittingly, the main character of the volatile, uproarious, and deeply disturbing Mother has no proper name, so she’s pretty much defined by her role...
Unstoppable: Mess With the Bull
It would be inaccurate to call Unstoppable a Korean remake of Taken, though it wouldn’t be too far off. Actually, I’d watch this thriller...
Sin for Your Supper
The title of The Last Sin Eater refers to a ritual that hails from the British Isles, in which a designated “sin eater” (a...
The Ghost Writer: A Real Roman à Clef
We’ve had examples of prison literature throughout history, but The Ghost Writer may be the closest we’ve ever had to prison filmmaking. Roman Polanski...
