Ventured out to The Landmark at 57 West to catch a screening of Lu Over the Wall. This modern-day reinterpretation of The Little Mermaid...

Popped over to IFC Center to catch a screening of The Death of Stalin, a razor sharp work of satire from Armando Iannucci, the creator of...

Watched Woyzek on Fandor, continuing my long-overdue binge of Werner Herzog’s body of work. The director’s five collaborations with actor...

Watched Werner Herzog’s Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht on Fandor. I’d actually already seen this remake of F.W. Murnau’s classic silent...

Logged on to Fandor to watch The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser, a haunting character study about a mentally underdeveloped man in 19th Century...

I’ve been meaning to more thoroughly explore Werner Herzog’s eclectic filmography ever since I discovered Aguirre, the Wrath of God back...

Caught a screening of Godard Mon Amour at The Landmark at 57 West. I’m a great admirer of writer/director Michel Hazanavicius’ talent for...

After months of putting it off, I finally got around to watching Boiling Point, the second film by “Beat” Takeshi Kitano. While the...

I’ve decided to take a break from theatrical releases this weekend in order to catch up on my home video consumption. On today’s menu:...

Saw Amiko, my third and final Japan Cuts screening. Twenty-year-old(!) director Yoko Yamanaka, who was on hand to introduce the film,...

Just got back in from my second Japan Cuts screening: Tremble All You Want, a fascinating film that begins as a lighthearted, whimsical...

After spending most of the day enjoying some much-needed R&R (having worked the entire week while battling an infuriatingly persistent...

Just got back in from my final Japan Cuts screening. This one wasn’t a recent production, but it was making its North American debut in...

The Japan Cuts film festival wraps up this weekend, and today, I attended the penultimate screening of my five-ticket bundle: Shippu...

Saw Haruneko, the the last of the three kinda, sorta cat-themed movies screened at the Japan Cuts festival. The program described it as...

Just got home from Neko Atsume House, the second feature of my Japan Cuts experience. Based on, of all things, a mobile phone app, the...

Attended my first screening of Japan Cuts, Japan Society’s annual showcase of recent releases from the Land of the Rising Sun. The film...

How can I describe Justice League without sounding excessively cynical or bitter? Well, while it’s not nearly as good as Wonder Woman, it...

From the nonlinear narrative structure of Memento to the playfully unconventional use of intercutting in Inception, Christopher Nolan has...

From the “rom-zom-com” antics of Shaun of the Dead to the comparatively somber and self-reflective The World’s End, Edgar Wright has...