Yale, 1961: Stanley Milgram (Peter Sarsgaard) is conducting one of the most infamous and notorious behavioral studies of the 20th century. Two individuals who have never met before will choose roles; one will be the teacher and the other the … Continue reading EXPERIMENTER
No one’s gonna top this, in our posterity, I don’t think. Maybe, but I doubt it,” Ben Thamer tells the video camera in the new documentary, Unbranded. “You can run a marathon, you can hike across the Great Wall, you can do … Continue reading Ben Masters on UNBRANDED
The new film from director Danny Boyle and writer Aaron Sorkin, Steve Jobs, marks the third cinematic interpretation of Apple’s storied co-founder in the past two years—Jobs (Joshua Michael Stern, 2013) and Steve Jobs: Man in the Machine (Alex Gibney, 2015) were the previous … Continue reading STEVE JOBS
James B. Donovan (Tom Hanks) is a kind man in a cruel world. Rare considering that Donovan is an insurance lawyer in the middle of the Cold War. Donovan—who served on the Nuremberg Trails—is recruited to defend a captured Soviet … Continue reading BRIDGE OF SPIES
Horror movies are wondrous things. With a horror movie, one can confront their deepest darkest fears and survive them. The rush of adrenaline at the sight of danger gives way to the sigh of relief and chuckle of amusement when … Continue reading YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN
“It’s only after we’ve lost everything that we are free to do anything.” —Tyler Durden, Fight Club That anything can be devastating. Stripped of social responsibilities and courtesies, even the best will behave like a dog backed into a corner. … Continue reading 99 HOMES
Director Joe Wright’s latest, Pan, might be the most unnecessary return to Neverland to see the big screen. Wright and writer Jason Fuchs take the tale of the boy who refused to grow up and turn his backstory into the typical … Continue reading PAN
Existing somewhere between the recent spate of faith-based cinema and an elongated episode of Gilmore Girls, Big Stone Gap travels back in time to a simpler era where everyone knew everyone else. People were kinder, and the world moved at a slower pace. … Continue reading BIG STONE GAP
Somebody asked me, what would be a dream project of yours?” director Douglas Tirola recounts. “I immediately had this vision of a book on my shelf at home that I have had since I was a teenager—the 10th-anniversary collection of … Continue reading Douglas Tirola on DRUNK STONED BRILLIANT DEAD
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