by Christopher Bourne, April 18, 2012 8:50 PM
There are many pleasures to be had in watching Your Sister's Sister, the fourth feature by writer/director Lynn Shelton (We Go Way Back, My Effortless Brilliance, Humpday), one of the great highlights of Tribeca 2012. For example, there is the...
by Dustin Chang, April 18, 2012 9:00 AM
We all remember our first kisses and heartbreaks, the alternating agony and ecstasy. Mia Hansen-Løve (All is Forgiven, Father of my Children), the gifted French writer/director tackles the delicate subject head on in Goodbye First Love and the result...
by Joshua Chaplinsky, February 17, 2012 5:10 PM
What is there to say about Tom Six's coprophagic endurance test that hasn't already been said? About as much as Martin had to say to his victims, I would think. Consequently, this review will be the reverse of my recent...
by Dustin Chang, October 31, 2011 6:00 PM
Herzog continues his Americana with Into the Abyss, a documentary about Death Row. It is perhaps the most somber Herzog film in years. There have been similar death penalty issue films like Errol Morris's Thin Blue Line, and more recently...
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by Charles Webb, March 28, 2011 12:00 PM
Over the last few years, producer Chad Feehan has begun building a filmography for himself in independent film--most notably with his first film, feature-length production All the Boys Love Mandy Lane (which got some very positive notices in these parts...
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by Dustin Chang, February 14, 2011 9:00 AM
[After being screened at several film festivals since its debut at the Cannes 2010, We Are What We Are is coming out in theaters via IFC on Feb 18th and available On Demand on Feb 23rd]The film starts with...
by Ryland Aldrich, January 30, 2011 9:31 PM
The apocalypse has been envisioned in all kinds of cinematic forms over the years. From robotic uprisings to giant tidal waves, the end of the world has always been a popular backdrop for stories of human drama. Perfect Sense...
by Dustin Chang, November 15, 2010 9:00 AM
Claire Denis (Trouble Everyday, Beau Travail) goes back to the colonial Africa and tells a story of a coffee plantation owned by a white family caught in a civil war. Maria Vial (Isabelle Huppert), a matron of the family is...
by Dustin Chang, November 10, 2010 12:17 PM
Winner of this year's SXSW Jury Award, at a glance, Tiny Furniture could fit neatly into the typical post-college subgenre that has been a staple in American indies for the last two decades, except it doesn't. Thanks to director/actor Lena...
by Todd Brown, October 14, 2010 9:33 AM
Available now on demand on IFC Midnight is Federico Zampaglione's Shadow - the Italian produced, English language horror picture that has received a lot of play here on Twitch. And with the local release comes a new, US trailer...
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