Tribeca Review: Monty Python: The Meaning of Live
Even though Monty Python ended their run in the 1980s, they’re still curtural icons. Even for people like me, born after their disbanding, ...
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Review: The Reconstruction of William Zero
I spent the entire 97 minute runtime of The Reconstruction of William Zero thinking about Shane Carruth. It’s not a Carruth film, but ...
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Tribeca Review: A Courtship
A Courtship is a film about a thing I do not understand. But more than that, it’s about a thing I can’t even begin to ...
NYC’s Old School Kung Fu Fest 2015 has so many ninjas
The folks over at Subway Cinema head up the annual New York Asian Film Festival, my favorite of all the year’s festivals, and ...
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Review: The Divergent Series: Insurgent
I never saw the original Divergent. I’m not a preteen girl or Flixist News Editor Nick Valdez, which means I have to ration ...
Review: The Gunman
It’s impossible to talk about The Gunman without discussing Taken. Everything director Pierre Morel ever does is going to be compared to it. And ...
We’re live-talking the Oscars!
Hello everyone. With the Academy Awards just an hour away, we’re finalizing our plans (which were thrown out of whack by the crazy ...
Here are your 2015 Oscar winners
Despite what some may say (and even more might want), the Academy Awards are a huge deal. It’s a club for old white ...
SXSW announces films in the Midnighters
One of my favorite parts about any big film festival is the collection of atypical films you’ll find on the slate. Such is ...
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Review: It Follows
I saw It Follows sort of on a whim. I went to two press screenings that day, because it was mostly a day off ...
Review: Boy Meets Girl
Boy Meets Girl is an antique magic mirror. The kind of thing you’d see in a movie. In an old, cobweb-filled antique shop, the ...
Amazon is getting into the moviemaking business
When Netflix announced that it was developing Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2, there was a lot of surprise. Netflix has been hitting original ...