Won’t Back Down
This uplifting educational drama from Daniel Barnz (writer-director of Beastly) stars Maggie Gyllenhaal and Viola Davis as a pair of …
Monthly Archives: September 2012
Downtown Dayton LGBT Film Festival in Seventh Heaven
In these highly politicized times, with the campaigns using drone-like ads to attack our sensibilities, every aspect of our private …
End of Watch
A quick glance at the filmography of David Ayer reads like a Los Angeles rap sheet. He started off writing …
For a Good Time, Call
Judd Apatow ushered in a tsunami of bromantic comedies featuring guys who freely love (and explicitly express that love for) …
Paul Thomas Anderson Offers Ode to Passing of an Old God
Our first few moments in the presence of Freddie Quell (Joaquin Phoenix) capture the extraordinary power and the isolation of …
Review: ‘Trouble With the Curve’
BASEBALL DRAMA AMBLES ALONG LIKE SLOW PITCH SOFTBALL By T.T. Stern-Enzi Rating: PG-13 Grade: D Gus (Clint Eastwood) is a …
Arbitrage
Richard Gere takes center stage as Robert Miller, a hedge fund giant on the verge of a huge professional and …
Where the Frames Take Me
This year marks my fourth sojourn to the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), and for the first time I have …
Welcome to the Film Belt!
As CityBeat’s contributing film editor and the vice-president of the executive board of the Midland Film Institute, I am proud …
Where the Frames Take Me: TIFF Offscreen
A FESTIVAL DETOUR BETWEEN SCREENINGS By T.T. Stern-Enzi Welcome to this special dispatch from the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival. …
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