Citizenfour: Edward Snowden, as It Happens
When Laura Poitras, after receiving encrypted emails from Snowden, came to meet him in Hong Kong with her camera, she did us all an immense favor.
Fury: Tanks for Nothing
Prepare to get furious for all the wrong reasons.
Stretch Will Not Deliver You Into ’80s Throwback Bliss
Yearning for the days of madcap, meaningless comedies from your misspent youth? So is director Joe Carnahan.
Ralph Steadman + Breaking Bad
What else needs to be said?
I’m Spartacus And So’s My Wife!
In which the movie Kubrick disowned is considered in all its Hollywood CinemaScope epic glory.
Christopher Columbus – The Discovery: A Fascinating Shipwreck Nobody Wanted To See
These filmsmade an unfortunate discovery of their own. Audiences did not want to see one Columbus movie, let alone two.
Whiplash: Interview with Writer / Director Damien Chazelle
Find out what frightens the writer/director of my new favorite torture porn love story, Whiplash.
Nick Cave: 20,000 Days On Earth In 5,700 Seconds
A weird and compelling documentary that isn’t a documentary about a weird and compelling man.
Mind Control Double Feature #102: The Limits of Endurance
In which competitive dancing and truck-touching are given the attention they deserve.
The Green Prince; The Great Price
One half of this film is about the life of Mosab Hassan Yousef, son of a Hamas leader, betrayer of his people, inside-out savior assailant.
Pink Flamingos Shows Off Its Junk
Pink Flamingos is filthy in its conception and it is filthy in its actualization. It is the largest freak flag you can find flying.
The Missouri Breaks Isn’t All Broken
A lackadaisical western in which Marlon Brando is loopier than a flock of curlicues.
Let’s Get Utterly Alien: Annihilation, Stalker, and Solaris
There have been all too few films that have addressed the utterly alien in a way that’s even vaguely adequate.
Kevin Smith Hates Movies
But he keeps on making them, and when critics savage them, claims he’s not a director. Go figure.