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

Watched Roma on Netflix. Director Alfonso Cuaron’s filmography has transported viewers to dystopian futures, magical worlds of witches...

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...

Saw The Dinner at Sunshine Cinema. It’s a pretty solid drama, but not without its share of flaws. The plot is fairly straightforward: two...

Just got home from a midnight screening of The Void at IFC Center. Fantastic throwback to the classic, gore-drenched horror movies of the...

After the end… life goes on. For the survivors–and for the undead. Humans hide behind concrete walls and electrified fences, venturing...

Finally catching up on some movies that I didn’t have the energy to enjoy while I was working full-time, starting with The Ballad of...

My brother treated me to a Fathom Events screening of They Shall Not Grow Old, the new World War I documentary from Peter Jackson. The...

Watched The Red Shoes on FilmStruck. Golden Age cinema at its finest: sumptuous Technicolor photography, beautifully stylized studio...

Logged on to FilmStruck to watch The Adventures of Prince Achmed, yet another unconventional animation—although in this case, many of the...

Saw Logan Lucky today. I wouldn’t describe myself as an avid Soderbergh fan, but his much-anticipated return to the big screen is...

Watched The Wailing on Netflix. For most of its two-and-a-half-hour running time, it’s a gorgeously photographed, atmospheric thriller....

Sometimes, a legacy is a cage. When we allow our failures, our fears, and our shortcomings to define us, they become links in a chain...

In his review of Rob Cohen’s Alex Cross, Roger Ebert wrote: This is the first film Tyler Perry has appeared in that isn’t his own...

Of the Sam Raimi-produced exorcism flick The Possession, I wrote: Characters. Characters matter. Especially in ‘scary’ movies—after all,...

“Because I am sick and tired of it all.” This is the most genuine line of dialogue in the entirety of Taken 2. After tearing apart half...

What defines film noir? The gestures and archetypes? Do the femmes fatales, creeping shadows, and hardboiled narration carry any true...

Monsters aren’t born; they are created by their environments. Our actions, even those motivated by the best of intentions (such as asking...

When I wrote my decidedly negative review of The Smurfs 2, I mentioned that I’d hoped it would be a “pleasant surprise.“ That was,...

When I made the difficult decision to spend money on a screening of The Smurfs 2 (by which I mean “It was the only thing playing when I...