Tribeca Capsule Review: The Moment
If there was a marketing blurb for The Moment that could sell its strengths, it would probably say something like “Christopher Nolan’s Memento ...
Tag: Indie
Flix for Short: Hybrids
HYBRIDS from wsp on Vimeo. Hybrids, written and directed by Patrick Kalyn, is a science-fiction/action short about an ex-soldier, Dakota (Daniella Evangelista), seeking ...
Trailers
Trailer: Prince Avalanche
Prince Avalanche starring Paul Rudd and Emile Hirsch was one of Matt’s favorite films from this year’s SXSW Film Festival, though when Hubert ...
Thoughts on twohundredfiftysixcolors
twohundredfiftysixcolors is hard to discuss without any outside exposition. It’s not a “film” so much as it is a collection of thousands of GIFs ...
Reviews
Tribeca Review: Mistaken for Strangers
If you’re going into Mistaken for Strangers looking for a rockumentary/tour documentary on The National, you’re in for disappointment. The film was directed ...
Chicagoans: Check out twohundredfiftysixcolors this week
twohundredfiftysixcolors is an ambitious film comprised of thousands of GIFs to invoke a conversation about the art form and how GIFs can relate to ...
A playful poster for Joss Whedon’s Much Ado About Nothing
I feel like “playful” is a pretty good way to describe director Joss Whedon’s newest movie, a Shakespeare adaptation called Much Ado About ...
Trailers
Trailer: An Oversimplification of Her Beauty
An Oversimplification of Her Beauty is a gorgeous looking indie film by Terence Nance that has been running the festival circuit under the ...
Reviews
Tribeca Review: Adult World
In my blurb review for Neil Jordan’s vampire film Byzantium, my main gripe had a lot to do with the age of the ...
Reviews
Tribeca Review: Odayaka
After the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan, I wound up streaming NHK all day for a few days to find out what ...
Tribeca Review: Run and Jump
Run and Jump features a bit of semi-stunt casting that got me interested in the movie: the film features Saturday Night Live‘s Will ...
Features
Deep Analysis: Upstream Color, Part 2
Here is the second part of my analysis of Shane Carruth’s Upstream Color. While part one (which you can read here) was kind ...