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Depression and grief are tricky themes to pull off in cinema. It is excruciating enough to watch people experience loss in real life, even more difficult to abide watching it transpire onscreen [...]

By the time an average American youth reaches 18 years of age, they will have witnessed some 40,000 simulated murders across the entertainment landscape. Needless to say, filmmaker Rian Johnson [...]

The interplay between one’s art and real life are the subject of no fewer than four Best Picture contenders this year. SINNERS, JAY KELLY, HAMNET, and SENTIMENTAL VALUE are all arguably show biz [...]

So many romantic stories are filled with such purple prose that one is left to wonder if the writer actually ever experienced the ups and downs of amour in a real relationship. That’s what makes [...]

Last year the film adaptation of WICKED defied gravity by not only being an expert translation of the ginormous Broadway hit, still packing the house at the Gershwin after over two decades, but [...]

If you think the name Jay Kelly sounds a lot like George Clooney, wait till you see the rest of the film. JAY KELLY is the latest drama from filmmaker Noah Baumbach, written with Emily Mortimer, [...]

Director Lynne Ramsay’s new film DIE MY LOVE is a tough sit. It’s expertly done from top to bottom, uncompromising in its story of a young married couple’s struggles, and a bold comedy/drama (as [...]

The story at the heart of the new film NUREMBERG is an important one. It’s the little-known story of an army psychiatrist tasked with studying what was left of the Nazi high command after WWII [...]