Just got back in from the Fathom Events screening of Modest Heroes: Ponoc Short Films Theatre, Volume 1. Studio-produced animated shorts...

What do a self-destructive male prostitute (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) and a UFO-obsessed community college student (Brady Corbet) have in...

Nicolas Winding Refn is one of the most diverse cinematic artists working today. You’d be hard pressed to find two movies as different as...

On a bit of a whim, I headed out to Cinema Village to see Five Fingers for Marseilles. IndieWire advertised it as a South African...

Following a loose, minimalistic plot structured around some of The Who’s greatest hits (as well as other rock ‘n’ roll classics),...

Happy Mother’s Day! Why not celebrate with a film? There are plenty of memorable movies about moms, but in my opinion, none of them...

Thanks to Kanopy’s extensive selection of educational programming, I’ve recently become very interested in Butoh, a Japanese style of...

Logged on to Kanopy to watch Effacement, a semi-experimental documentary that explores the process of creating a Japanese Noh mask. While...

Logged on to Kanopy to watch Mario Bava’s Black Sabbath, an anthology film that offers up three very different (but equally delectable)...

The original Harakiri (1962) is an uncompromisingly uncomfortable film, a scathing criticism of the fetishization of bushido in general...

Dust and debris settle after a violent explosion. Nikkatsu regular Joe Shishido, dazed but more-or-less unharmed (perhaps his...

A trio of bank robbers seeks refuge at a ski lodge, but as the staff grows increasingly suspicious and the police close in, they flee...

The Tokugawa Era. A time of peace. Bored samurai, unable to prove their honor in combat, instead follow the Way of Tea to climb the...

An influential businessman dies in a freak hunting accident. Single gunshot wound through the chest. No witnesses. One stubborn cop...

It’s Christmas Eve, and AMC is celebrating with a Rankin/Bass marathon. Of course, I’ve seen all of their animated specials dozens of...

Caught a screening of The Jim Henson Legacy’s collection of the Muppet mastermind’s numerous commercials and experimental shorts over at...

Well, I powered through all ten thoroughly engrossing episodes of West World in just two days, leaving a gaping TV show shaped void in my...

Having thoroughly enjoyed National Theatre Live’s presentation of Hamlet, I leapt at the opportunity to see IFC Center’s encore broadcast...

The best performances of Shakespeare make you feel as though you’re discovering his work for the first time, and this...

In a futile attempt to win back my business, FilmStruck emailed me a coupon code for an extended free trial period. Seems like an unwise...