F Categories Reviews TV November 17, 2022 Fleishman Is in Trouble and, yet, still worth watching FX’s marital drama-mystery overcomes an off-putting start to deliver a compelling actors’ showcase.
S Categories Festivals Movies Reviews Sundance 2022 January 24, 2022 Sundance 2022: When You Finish Saving the World is Caustically Delightful With When You Finish Saving the World, Jesse Eisenberg directs Julianne Moore and Finn Wolfhard to strong turns as a mother-son duo united by self-obsession.
T Categories Filmmaker of the Month Movies December 24, 2020 The secret to “The Social Network”‘s success was its soundtrack David Fincher's 2010 drama about the founding of Facebook is nothing without Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross' groundbreaking score.
S Categories Anniversaries Features Movies October 1, 2020 Sorkin’s Game: How “The Social Network” surprisingly succeeds in its take on women David Fincher's Facebook drama remains a bright spot in Aaron Sorkin's filmography in how it skewers male entitlement.
R Categories Movies October 16, 2019 Review: “Zombieland: Double Tap” is the “Big Bang Theory” of Zom-Coms Cheap, creaky jokes and overstimulated filmmaking plague a too-late sequel no one asked for.
F Categories Fantasia 2019 Festivals Interviews Podcasts Right on Cue July 19, 2019 Fantasia 2019: “Vivarium” Director Lorcan Finnegan on the Terror of the Suburb We talk to the director of the latest chiller from Fantasia about the hells of suburbia and working on his second film.
T Categories Fantasia 2019 Festivals Movies July 12, 2019 The Art of Self-Defense Review: Black Belt or Red Pill? Jesse Eisenberg is a twerp falling down the toxic-masculinity rabbit hole in Riley Stearns' insightful black comedy.
C Categories CCFF 2019 Festivals News April 26, 2019 Chicago Critics Film Festival 2019 Titles Announced: Yesterday, Luce, Alien in 35mm The seventh annual Chicago Critics Film Festival includes a 35mm print of Alien, as well as festival faves like The Nightinggale and Yesterday.
T Categories Movies March 22, 2019 The Hummingbird Project Review: Tackling Low-Latency Trading at a Snail’s Pace Jesse Eisenberg and Alexander Skarsgard try to make millions in milliseconds in this plodding critique of capitalism.
