Isabel Hagen took the “write what you know” saw seriously. Hagen wrote, directs and stars in “On a String,” a…
Read More »
Alan Ritchson’s massive physique does the heavy lifting in “Runner.” The special ingredient that puts his performance over the top?…
Read More »
Agnieszka Holland’s “Franz” is a frustrating experience, and not merely because it’s about the life of writer Franz Kafka, whose…
Read More »
Jonathan Demme’s “Something Wild” (1986), his awesomely unpredictable comedy, was a professional turning point. After his “Swing Shift” (1983) got…
Read More »
The first thing to know about writer/director Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s “The Samurai and the Prisoner” is that the filmmaker is not…
Read More »
Writer/director Joe Swanberg’s “The Sun Never Sets” centers around a trio of old friends living in Alaska who have a…
Read More »
The Italian Stallion is the All-American story. He’s as iconic as Uncle Sam … if the old fella did 100…
Read More »
Nothing inspires more arguments than a “Best Of” listicle. These lists are obviously subjective. One person’s film classic is another’s…
Read More »
Lesley Manville and Ciarán Hinds are so convincing as a married couple in “Midwinter Break” that you’ll swear they left the set each day holding…
Read More »
