Apocalyptic Comedy Gets Wild and Loose in Alternate Hollywood
Alien invasions threaten the planet at every turn, and if it’s not aliens then we seem to have an undying …
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10 Hot and Cool Summer Movies
Summer at the movies can play out like a coin toss. Heads means a furnace-blast of heat from the blockbusters …
Love Is All You Need
Danish director Susanne Bier seems to be incrementally easing off the dramatic gas with each new release. She began attracting …
What Maisie Knew
Based on the Henry James novel about a young girl forced to deal with the divorce and remarriages of her …
Jim Swill Brings Revolutionary Angst to the CAC
What would a contemporary American Revolution look like? We have television commercials today that play with the notion that Paul …
Greta Gerwig Just Wants to Have Fun
Greta Gerwig has gotten into my head; her halting and humorous performance style marries a solid, albeit gangly physicality and …
Michael Shannon Gives Chills as Real-Life Contract Killer
The story of Richard Kuklinski (portrayed here by Michael Shannon) is one of those true crime tales that you simply …
At Any Price
What do we mean today when we refer to “all-American” ideals? What does it mean to be “all-American” in the …
Quiet Beauty Captured in the Frame
The year is 1915 and France is caught up in World War I. Young men are on the front lines …
The Thrill of Surviving Eli Roth’s ‘Aftershock’
You’ve got to say this for Eli Roth: Like his filmmaking brother-in-arms Quentin Tarantino, he’s got spools of film instead …
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