Oh-so-familiar themes of teenage rebellion, coming-of-age, and the longing for independence are given a fresh, funny, enjoyably bizarre treatment in the acclaimed Sundance breakout The Kings of Summer. The feature-length debut film from director Jordan Vogt-Roberts and writer Chris Galletta,… Continue Reading
With The East, director/writer Zal Batmanglij and actor/writer Brit Marling prove their determination to endure longer than your average Sundance flash-in-the-pan success story. In a coincidence that proved irresistible catnip to countless film journalists (including yours truly), Batmanglij, Marling, and… Continue Reading
The comparisons are too inevitable not to address promptly, so let’s just put it out there: in many respects, Frances Ha is basically Lena Dunham’s Girls compressed into a feature-length black & white narrative film. It tells the story of… Continue Reading
The Place Beyond the Pines is a great big sprawling man-opera from acclaimed writer/director Derek Cianfrance (Blue Valentine). Epic and ambitious, it is a deeply emotional saga with three distinct acts. In the first, we meet Luke (Ryan Gosling in… Continue Reading
Any fan of Twilight will tell you that author Stephenie Meyer lives for a good love triangle. After creating the human-vampire-werewolf triad that defined romance for an entire generation and introduced the concept of “teams” to affairs of the heart… Continue Reading
Have you ever had one of those moments where you’re trying to describe something that’s difficult to explain, and then someone else comes along and describes it so brilliantly that none of your meager little baby-thoughts could ever possibly compare?… Continue Reading
