Celeste and Jesse Forever Movie Review
Title: Celeste and Jesse Forever Director: Lee Toland Krieger Starring: Rashida Jones, Andy Samberg, Will McCormack, Chris Messina, Emma Roberts, Ari Graynor, Elijah Wood, Eric Christian Olsen, Rebecca Dayan A…
Searching for Sugar Man Movie Review
Title: Searching for Sugar Man Director: Malik Bendjelloul Winner of jury and audience prizes at both the Sundance and Los Angeles Film Festivals, Malik Bendjelloul’s “Searching for Sugar Man” is…
DVD Review: Breaking Bad, Wilfred, Freak Dance and Get the Gringo
The television show I’ve most freely recommended to friends, family and strangers alike, “Breaking Bad” is the dramatic equivalent of a dialed-in baseball slugger — tightly focused on every pitch…
Klown Movie Review
Title: Klown Director: Mikkel Norgaard Starring: Frank Hvam, Casper Christensen, Marcuz Jess Petersen, Mia Lyhne, Iben Hjejle Kind of loosely of a piece with Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon’s “The…
Exclusive: Margo Martindale on Scalene, Justified and Emmy’s Afterglow
Margo Martindale is an Emmy Award-winning actress — this past year, for her supporting performance in “Justified” — but still more likely to be stopped by someone who thinks she…
Ruby Sparks Movie Review 2
Title: Ruby Sparks Directors: Valerie Faris and Jonathan Dayton Starring: Paul Dano, Zoe Kazan, Chris Messina, Annette Bening, Steve Coogan, Antonio Banderas, Elliott Gould, Alia Shawkat, Aasif Mandvi, Toni Trucks,…
Pincus Movie Review
Title: Pincus Director: David Fenster Starring: David Nordstrom, Paul Fenster, Christi Idavoy, Dietmar Franosch A narrative competition world premiere at the recent Los Angeles Film Festival, “Pincus” is a delicately…
Exclusive: Director Alison Klayman Talks Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
The runner-up for Time Magazine’s 2011 “Person of the Year,” Chinese dissident Ai Weiwei was named by “ArtReview” as the most powerful artist in the world. Weiwei rose to international…
DVD Review: Comic-Con Episode IV, Adventure Time and Chicago in Chicago
Smartly timed to coincide on DVD with this year’s just-wrapped convention, the laboriously titled “Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan’s Hope” shines a nonfiction spotlight on the crazed, annual fanboy gathering…