12 Years a Child
Bless him, Richard Linklater has never been afraid to experiment with the medium of cinema. The revolving protagonists of Slacker, the deliberate formlessness of...
All You Need Is Quill
On the surface of a barren, hostile, alien planet, an Earthman named Peter Quill (Chris Pratt) boogies leisurely across the rocky terrain in his...
Tears in Tinseltown
I hated Garden State when it came out. I detested its cutesy preciousness, its 10-cent spiritual wisdom, its general air of being pleased with...
I Need Quarters
“Four years ago, I took my nephews and nieces to Dave & Buster’s,” said Jeremy Snead. “They were playing all the latest shooter games,...
Amateur Night
I’m a bit puzzled by the title of Sex Tape. Does anybody still use videotape to film their sexual encounters? The sex farce by...
Cowboys & Simians
Don’t get me wrong. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes is an incredibly skilled piece of work. The latest installment in the series...
Frozen Glory
When Snowpiercer first hit American theaters two weeks ago, the critical consensus instantly jelled: “This is the year’s greatest science-fiction movie, and all of...
Stories He Tells
Eight minutes. That’s how long it took. I suspected going into Third Person that I was going to hate it, so I decided to...
I Feel the Music in You
Back in 2007, Irish TV writer John Carney made his first film, a slender little romance called Once that was mostly intended to showcase...
What Makes Tammy Run?
I’m starting to worry about Melissa McCarthy. Her uproarious performance in Bridesmaids won her an Oscar nomination and vaulted her onto the A-list, but...
