The Beaver Movie Review
Title: The Beaver Director: Jodie Foster Starring: Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, Anton Yelchin, Jennifer Lawrence, Cherry Jones, Riley Thomas Stewart, Zachary Booth Off-screen, Mel Gibson may or may not be…
The High Cost of Living Movie Review
Title: The High Cost of Living Writer-director: Deborah Chow Starring: Zach Braff, Isabelle Blais, Patrick Labbe, Julian Lo For a brief period of time, surrounding the 2004 festival premiere and…
Hesher Movie Review
Title: Hesher Director: Spencer Susser Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Natalie Portman, Rainn Wilson, Piper Laurie, Devin Brochu, John Carroll Lynch As the film industry has contracted, and the burden of financing…
The First Grader Movie Review
Title: The First Grader Director: Justin Chadwick Starring: Naomie Harris, Oliver Litondo, Tony Kgoroge, Nick Reding, Vusi Kunene, John Sibi-Okumu How will hardcore birthers (I’m looking in your direction Orly…
The Big Bang Movie Review
Title: The Big Bang Director: Tony Krantz Starring: Antonio Banderas, William Fichtner, Delroy Lindo, Thomas Kretschmann, Robert Maillet, Sienna Guillory, Autumn Reeser, Sam Elliott, Jimmi Simpson, James Van Der Beek,…
Brother's Justice Movie Review
Title: Brother’s Justice Directors: Dax Shepard, David Palmer Starring: Dax Shepard and Nate Tuck, with Tom Arnold, Bradley Cooper, David Koechner, Ashton Kutcher, Jon Favreau Those who’ve ever seen “Punk’d”…
Spencer Susser Talks About Hesher
A lot of first-time filmmakers play it safe, or trade in cutesy, emo-stamped, indie-friendly cliches, seeking to woo audiences (and critics) with witty and slightly canted takes on extraordinarily familiar…
DVD Reviews: Blue Valentine, Meskada and Cul De Sac
One of the true gems of 2010, Blue Valentine, writer-director Derek Cianfrance’s heartbreaking debut effort, was mismarketed to within an inch of its life, and also suffered from “second-child syndrome,”…
Poetry Movie Review
Title: Poetry Writer-director: Lee Chang-dong Starring: Yun Jung-hee, Lee David, Kim Hira, Kim Yong-taek, Ahn Nae-sang A former high school teacher and novelist turned filmmaker, South Korean Lee Chang-dong has,…