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The Beach Bum | Review

Tales of Ordinary Madness: Korine Courts Cutesy in Outlandish Stoner Comedy It’s no fun being the designated driver, which is the position the audience of...

Top 100 Most Anticipated American Independent Films of 2019: #19. Harmony Korine’s The Beach Bum

The Beach Bum His sixth feature film comes a full seven years since 2012's Spring Breakers revitalized his career path, The Beach Bum went into...

2019 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: #10. Harmony Korine – The Beach Bum

With Utah having more relaxed laws for marijuana use, perhaps a weed laced smell-o-vision Park City screening isn't such a far-fetched idea after all....

Top 100 Most Anticipated American Indie Films of 2018: #6. Harmony Korine’s The Beach Bum

The Beach Bum With the possibility of making this a true immersive experience (ordrama?!), much like the cult status of previous numbers, Harmony Korine's reefer...

The Dark Tower | Review

Magic, the Smattering: Arcel’s Alchemy Proves Pointless in Pedestrian Adaptation Arguably, expectations may have been set a bit too high for The Dark Tower, the...

Top 25 Most Anticipated Studio Films of 2017: #4. Nikolaj Arcel’s The Dark Tower

The Dark Tower Director: Nikolaj Arcel Writer: Nikolaj Arcel It’s an undertaking years in the making, but 2017 will see the first cinematic adaptation of Stephen King’s...

The Sea of Trees | Blu-ray Review

Nearly every edition of the Cannes Film Festival seems to yield a significant misstep for at least one auteur premiering in competition. Less common...

The Sea of Trees | Review

The Forest for the Trees: Van Sant’s Melodramatic Misfire Gus Van Sant’s name seems to conjure wildly different reactions depending on how accustomed one is...

Free State of Jones | Review

The Newton Men: Ross Emancipates History Lesson from Obscurity At a point in time, a dramatic reenactment of a provocative but overlooked American Civil War...

2015 Cannes Critics’ Panel Day 4: Sea of Trees “Gerry”manders Critics

A film that explores the suicide theme might have become the first Croisette casualty, hara-kiri style. He has had a lengthy, healthy career moving...

Interstellar | Review

Don’t Let’s Ask For the Moon: Nolan’s Space Opera for the Ages At last divorcing himself from the omnipotent shadows of Batman, director Christopher Nolan’s...

The Act of Killing, Fruitvale Station & Inside Llewyn Davis Top 2013 Gotham Awards

While technically this was Forest Whitaker's big night (Actor Tribute plus the weight he threw behind as a producer accolades for a small San...

Silver Linings Playbook Has Great Juju at the 2013 Independent Spirit Awards

It would be the film with the juju in David O. Russell's zany black comedy that was the toast of the  28th Independent Spirit Awards...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2013: #45. Martin Scorsese’s The Wolf of Wall Street

The Wolf of Wall Street Director: Martin Scorsese Writer(s): Terence Winter Producer(s): Scorsese, Riza Aziz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Emma Tillinger Koskoff, Joey McFarland U.S. Distributor: Paramount Pictures Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio,...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2013: #60. Jean-Marc Vallée’s The Dallas Buyer’s Club

The Dallas Buyer's Club Director: Jean-Marc Vallée Writer(s): Craig Borten, Melisa Wallack Producer(s): Robbie Brenner and Rachel Rothman U.S. Distributor: Rights Available Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Jared Leto, Jennifer Garner,...

2012 New York Film Critics Circle Winners: Zero Dark Thirty Wins Best Picture

With no mentions going to Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master or David O. Russell's The Silver Linings Playbook, this year's voting at the New...

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