Seymour: An Introduction Review
Seymour Bernstein, a celebrated concert pianist and Korean War veteran, has lived in the same one-room apartment for fifty years. Throughout the last couple decades, Seymour has retired from performing...
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Neill Blomkamp’s District 9 was one of 2009’s biggest surprises, making it all the way to the Oscars, where it was nominated four times. Now, with one disappointing film – Elysium – and a bafflingly...
View ArticleKumiko, the Treasure Hunter Review
In the sprawling metropolis of Tokyo, a 29-year old woman named Kumiko (Rinko Kikuchi) sits in her apartment, obsessing over the 1996 film Fargo, a black comedy that may be the key to revealing hidden...
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In recent years, Vince Vaughn has cultivated a persona similar to that of Adam Sandler, another comedian known for his double and triple digit box office draws. Neither comedian works on projects that...
View ArticleRun All Night Review
The recent action renaissance of Liam Neeson has just about run its course, and some recent news that he plans to quit making action movies in two years means that he knows it, too. But there have been...
View ArticleX/Y Review
Ryan Piers William’s X/Y – titled as such because it depicts the generation that is neither X nor Y – is the reason why twentysomething New York indies get such a bad name. It’s exactly the kind of...
View ArticleBuzzard Review
Not since Richard Linklater’s Austin came to life in 1991’s Slacker, or when Dante and Randall had a particularly interesting day at the Quik Stop in 1994’s Clerks, has the world seen someone as...
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Review: Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl is on the tip of many indie-aware moviegoers tongues as one of the most anticipated films of the summer. Greg, his best friend Earl, and Rachel – the dying girl diagnosed...
View ArticleVictoria: 1 Take, 140 Minutes
Enthralling, gripping, and relentless, German director Sebastian Schipper’s debut follows the young, Spanish Victoria through a hectic night of life in Berlin in a single shot lasting 2 hours and 20...
View ArticleEvery Thing Will Be Fine 3D Review
The latest from New German Cinema director Wim Wenders, Every Thing Will Be Fine is a film which walks an unbelievably dangerous line between ‘outright bad’ and ‘self-consciously analytical.’ A...
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Digging for Fire and Unexpected: Husband and Wife Process Parenthood On-Screen
Chicago indie film power couple Joe and Kris Swanberg reflect on parenthood in these two films about new parents and their struggle in taking on a new, adult identity. DIGGING FOR FIRE It’s difficult...
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Form and Function in Alex Ross Perry’s “Queen of Earth”
Two friends attempt to close their growing emotional distance while vacationing at a lake house in this atmospheric psychological thriller homage from writer/director Alex Ross Perry. Perry is one of...
View ArticleTaylor Sinople Picks: The 16 Best Films of 2016
Film critic Taylor Sinople rounds up his picks for the 16 best films of 2016 in this video countdown. Picks include an unconventional documentary, a standout drama from a new American director, a...
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