Tchoupitoulas Movie Review
Title: Tchoupitoulas Directors: Bill Ross and Turner Ross A lyrical nonfiction offering that could be viewed as a sort of companion piece to “Beasts of the Southern Wild” by way…
The Girl Movie Review
Title: The Girl Director: David Riker Starring: Abbie Cornish, Will Patton, Maritza Santiago Hernandez A well-meaning but rather inert borderland drama about a single Texas mother who, while in the…
This Is 40 Movie Review
Title: This Is 40 Director: Judd Apatow Starring: Leslie Mann, Paul Rudd, Albert Brooks, John Lithgow, Megan Fox, Iris Apatow, Maude Apatow, Jason Segel, Chris O’Dowd, Lena Dunham, Annie Mumolo,…
16 Acres Movie Review
Title: 16 Acres Director: Richard Hankin Ever wonder exactly how and why, more than a decade since the September 11 terrorist attacks that destroyed the World Trade Center towers in…
Any Day Now Movie Review
Title: Any Day Now Director: Travis Fine Starring: Alan Cumming, Garret Dillahunt, Isaac Leyva, Chris Mulkey, Frances Fisher, Kelli Williams, Mindy Sterling, Alan Rachins, Jamie Anne Allman A warmly captured,…
Cheerful Weather for the Wedding Movie Review
Title: Cheerful Weather for the Wedding Director: Donald Rice Starring: Felicity Jones, Luke Treadaway, Elizabeth McGovern, Mackenzie Crook, Fenella Woolgar, Zoë Tapper, Julian Wadham, Sophie Stanton, Ellie Kendrick, Olly Alexander,…
American Empire Movie Review
Title: American Empire Director: Patrea Patrick A jumbled nonfiction jeremiad of raw-nerve feeling built around at once ominous and vague proclamations of “where we’re going” as a country, “American Empire”…
Trashed Movie Review
Title: Trashed Director: Candida Brady Featuring: Jeremy Irons A vividly sketched documentary of environmental warning which deploys co-producer Jeremy Irons as its inquisitive guide, “Trashed” sets out to discover the…
Waiting for Lightning Movie Review
Title: Waiting for Lightning Director: Jacob Rosenberg Another descendant of “Dogtown and Z-Boys,” Stacy Peralta’s influential 2001 documentary about the 1970s rise of popular skateboarding culture and the colorful characters…