Hostage at Sea
Most Americans, if they know Somalia at all, know it as one of the world’s really bad places to be. The recent terrorist attack...
Freezing Reign
Here’s something new for all you animation geeks out there. Outside of Hollywood, the countries of Japan and France have built rich traditions of...
Just Breathe
Some filmmakers inspire feelings of mystical reverence. Their works are so consistently high in quality, so seamless, so strange, and so committed to seeing...
Not Too Late
Amid all the publicity that Gravity is pulling in, let’s not lose track of Enough Said, which is expanding into local theaters this week....
Porn Again
What is it about Joseph Gordon-Levitt and the last week of September? For the third straight year (after last year’s Looper and 2011’s 50/50),...
Need for Speed
Many A-list Hollywood-trained directors from the 1980s and ’90s have fallen by the wayside; for every Steven Spielberg or Kathryn Bigelow, there’s a Rob...
Less Insidious, More Enjoyable
Here’s what you need to know about Insidious: Chapter 2, the sequel to 2011’s critically appreciated haunted house/demonic possession thriller helmed by Saw-franchise mastermind...
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...
