Sean Glass

Hanna is not a film you think too deeply about the characters or the story. It’s all about the visuals. In that regard, in a way, it’s a masterpiece. Technically, it could be one of the best music videos ever made. The production design with those sets is classic.

Chemically Imbalanced: Short on Plot but Big on Eye Candy

Here she plays alongside her real life boyfriend Paul Dano as her half of a young privileged couple who previously led a sheltered life, until their foray on the Oregon trail. This period piece feminist western is another feather in the cap of Kazan’s early career.

People say you don’t go to film school just for the education, that the connections are sometimes even more important. For Mark Heyman, that was definitely the case. Sure, he’s proven himself a skilled producer, a great development executive, and now screenwriter, but had he not been forced to hang around class late one day, he’d never have met the reigning national champ of filmmaking Darren Aronofsky.

The accomplishment of Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest is that it will win over audience members who are not fans of the band or even familiar with them. That’s tougher than it sounds given the subject matter. An experienced actor and Hip-Hop connoisseur, the born and raised New Yorker Michael Rapaport steps behind the camera for the first time and expertly crafts this career spanning documentary.