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Festival of Film Noir

Chinatown (1974) is the film by Polish film auteur Roman Polanski who took the traditional film noir genre and shook it upside...

Candice Winters

Film Interviews

Scre4m

On the 15-year anniversary of the original, horror film god Wes Craven is making his fans giddy with excitement for the next...

Candice Winters

Film Interviews

Rio

In the dazzling new 3-D animated film, Rio, Blu (voiced by Jesse Eisenberg) is a neurotic domesticated macaw – think Woody...

Sasha Perl-Raver

Film Movie Reviews

The Princess of Montpensier

It is not unusual that we see a story of a ravishing girl desired by numerous men in a movie. Surprisingly, The Princess of Montpensier,...

Cindy KyungAh Lee

Film Movie Reviews

My Perestroika

My Perestroika is a documentary film by Robin Hessman. The film follows the lives of five different Russians, the last of a generation...

Nick Day

Film Movie Reviews

Henry’s Crime

Comedian Jeff Ross once scornfully joked that a tollbooth attendant’s life was meaningless because, on any given day, that...

Matthew Kitchen

Film Movie Reviews

Footprints

Hollywood is the land where dreams go to find fruition. It’s part of the myth of Los Angeles. If some rube in Shawnee,...

Christian Goss

Film Movie Reviews

The Conspirator

When we aren’t forced to memorize dates and facts, history can actually be kind of fun. It is in real life that the impossible...

Candice Winters

Film Movie Reviews

American: The Bill Hicks Story

The questions asked in American: The Bill Hicks Story seem simple, even standard: Why is stand up comedian Bill Hicks considered...

Matthew Kitchen

Film TV Time

Hope Dworaczyk

It would be easy to mistake Hope Dworaczyk (pronounced Der-Ah-Cik) for just another Hollywood pretty face with a bubbly personality....

Christian Goss

Film Projections

Sing-A-Long Wizard of Oz

It’s a truth universally acknowledged that I love me a good musical. If the choreography is right and the songs are catchy,...

Candice Winters

Film Movie Reviews

Wrecked

Wrecked is the feature film debut of director Michael Greenspan, and it stars Oscar-winning actor Adrien Brody. The film is about...

Nick Day

Film Movie Reviews

Putty Hill

Putty Hill is a remarkable independent film from second-time director Matt Porterfield, and it is loosely based on his own experiences...

Nick Day

Film Movie Reviews

Meet Monica Velour

Growing up is never easy. There are tough lessons, awkward moments and often heartbreak to deal with. Growing old is no picnic...

Drew Vaeth

Film Movie Reviews

Exodus Fall

Movies, in practice, should come one of two ways. There is the hyper-realized way, where everything counts for two. A gunfighter...

Christian Goss

Film Movie Reviews

Circo

The idea of documenting a circus family might sound outdated, but somehow Aaron Schock finds a way to craft a film that makes...

Eva Recinos

Film Movie Reviews

Born to Be Wild 3D

Born to Be Wild 3D is the kind of film that can change the world. Clocking in at a woefully brief 40 minutes, this incredibly...

Sasha Perl-Raver

Film Interviews

Soul Surfer

Soul Surfer is the inspiring story of Bethany Hamilton (played by AnnaSophia Robb), a surfer who endured an unfortunate shark...

Cindy Kyungah Lee

Film Interviews

Hanna

Most girls usually spend their sweet 16 obsessing over the right dress, partying all night with friends, and if Mommy and Daddy...

Hiko Mitsuzuka

Film Interviews

Ceremony

Woven with elements of The Catcher in the Rye and The Great Gatsby and infused with a Wes Anderson sensibility, first-time writer-director...

Sasha Perl-Raver

Film Interviews

Arthur

When unemployment numbers still hover in the double digits and many people face the choice between having health insurance or...

Sasha Perl-Raver

Film Movie Reviews

Source Code

It’s hard to make an exciting science-fiction film that reaches a broad audience and not simply your usual sci-fi geeks. Director...

Ariel Paredes

Film Special Features

Politics and Perception Played Roles in Moving The Kennedys

The night before he started filming The Kennedys last summer in Toronto, Greg Kinnear got his first inkling that the project...

Scott Collins

Film Interviews

Insidious

The supernatural world is difficult to explain. Some people believe in it. Some do not. Some do not even make the attempt to...

Marvin Vasquez

Film Movie Reviews

In A Better World

In A Better World is the latest film from Susanne Bier, the Danish director responsible for the previously Oscar nominated After...

Nick Day

Film Projections

Do Something Reel Film Festival

I just want to put this out there so that readers who don’t go out of their way spending surprising amounts of time, money and...

Candice Winters

Film Movie Reviews

Queen to Play

As the name implies, Queen to Play (or Joueuse as it’s known in its native French) is a story about one woman’s quest to find...

Candice Winters

Film Movie Reviews

Orgasm Inc.

When Viagra, the first FDA-approved drug effective in treating male sexual dysfunction, hit the market in the 20th century with...

Cindy Kyungah Lee

Film Movie Reviews

Jackass 3.5

There’s a feeling you get when you’re about to do something really stupid that grips your entire body, transforming you into...

John Stapletion IV

Film Movie Reviews

Con Artist

Last year’s Oscar-nominated documentary Exit Through the Gift Shop, directed by the subversive Banksy, gave viewers an...

Matthew Kitchen