71st Golden Globes Recap
By Conor Plosia The Hollywood Foreign Press Association holds an award ceremony that is considered to be one of the most serious and prestigious…
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Context for the Hustle
By Andrew Sheldon Seldom can a film can establish its themes and tone in its first scene as simply and effectively as in David…
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Shared Gold
by Auggie Cooper Blue is the Warmest Color (La vie d’Adèle) belongs to the 21st century — living a fervent life before being released…
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The Unrelenting Cable Guy
By Andrew Sheldon I was eight years old when I first heard Jim Carrey proclaim, “The future is now!” in Ben Stiller’s 1996 comedy…
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The Reinvented Love Story
Review Her (2013), by Spike Jonze By Conor Plosia The love story in narrative fiction has been done one too many times for my…
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Stranger Side of Slavery
12 Years a Slave (2013), by Steve McQueen By Conor Plosia Steve McQueen has been making waves in the cinematic world, and it seems…
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Dangerous Days at Sea
Captain Phillips By Conor Plosia Captain Phillips was screened at NYFF to a packed house of weary writers on a warm fall morning. The…
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Hitting the Target
By Conor Plosia Comic books seem to have become contagious in modern society, from the bookstore to the movie theaters, clothing to TV screens….
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Of life and death
By Andrew Sheldon Some reviewers will urge you to enter Gravity with your mind turned off, ready for a thoughtless pop-corn flick. Prior to…
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The Lonesome West, by Martin McDonagh
By Tyler Plosia Maybe more than any other major contemporary playwright, Martin McDonagh is known for writing that dances in the spaces between laughter…
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