*This is a reprint of our 2015 SXSW coverage. 2015 is shaping up to be the year of the great rom-com as Judd Apatow‘s Trainwreck is the third great romantic comedy or romantic comedy drama (or romantic dramedy) that I’ve seen this year – the other two being Adult Beginners and Sleeping With Other People....
Considered a "work in progress", at two hours, Trainwreck is already more trim than most Apatow films - his last two films clocked in at 134 and 153 minutes -…
All the authenticity The Stanford Prison Experiment brings to the table establishes an alarming, visceral sense of reality but is also accountable for a skosh of its failures. Because of…
With unprecedented access to an evolving cartel v. vigilante situation on the US-Mexican border, director Matthew Heineman found himself on the front lines of a war that’s been brewing for decades in Cartel Lands. Told through the lens of two vigilante group leaders, Dr. José Manuel Mireles of the Mexican Autodefensas and Tim “Nailer” Foley...
As the agents of genocide repeat "The past is past", the delicacy of Indonesia's current political balance becomes a focal point of fiercely high intensity. At one point, a politician…
Condon hit a triumphant low point two years past with The Fifth Estate - a film I named the fifth worst movie of 2013 - but with Mr. Holmes has…
Natalia Tena has crafted a career out of playing odd tertiary characters. From playing Tonks in the Harry Potter films to giving life to Osha in Game of Thrones, she’s known for her involvement with geek culture mainstays. But strip away the fluctuating neon hair and the dirty Wildling face and Tena is a true...
After premiering at SXSW 2014 to rave reviews, Carlos Marques-Marcet‘s 10,000 KM has gone on to win the hearts and minds of festival filmgoers the world over. With a wide-spread limited release platform that sees 10,000 KM opening in 11 cities across the U.S. – a statistic that executive producer Pau Brunet called, “Pretty much...
What should have been a thinker of a science fiction meditation on self and the concept of technology irrevocably altering that sense of sense, Self/Less turns tail on its high…
Further, the entire plot of Terminator: Thanks Jai Courtney is predicated on a twist to the original films' timeline and yet, incredibly, such an important piece of information is never…