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Tag: film reviews

Lawrence Michael Levine (Wild Canaries) Talks Steve Pink’s Hot Tub Time Machine 2

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By Lawrence Michael Levine | February 23, 2015
By Lawrence Michael Levine | February 23, 2015

Lawrence Michael Levine (Wild Canaries) Talks Steve Pink’s Hot Tub Time Machine 2

Surely the only piece on the decade-hopping comedy sequel to reference the Buddha's sense of humor and diss both film school and Vladimir Nabokov.

James Marsh (The Theory of Everything) Talks John Maloof and Charlie Siskel’s Finding Vivian Maier

Film
By James Marsh | February 20, 2015
By James Marsh | February 20, 2015

James Marsh (The Theory of Everything) Talks John Maloof and Charlie Siskel’s Finding Vivian Maier

The director of an Oscar-winning documentary shares his thoughts on one of this year's non-fiction contenders.

Brea Grant (Best Friends Forever) Talks Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland’s Still Alice

Film
By Brea Grant | February 19, 2015
By Brea Grant | February 19, 2015

Brea Grant (Best Friends Forever) Talks Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland’s Still Alice

A deeply personal look at this moving portrait of an Alzheimer's patient featuring an Oscar-nominated performance from Julianne Moore.

Jim Hemphill (The Trouble with the Truth) Talks Clint Eastwood’s American Sniper

Film
By Jim Hemphill | February 18, 2015
By Jim Hemphill | February 18, 2015

Jim Hemphill (The Trouble with the Truth) Talks Clint Eastwood’s American Sniper

A filmmaker who became a director because of Clint Eastwood considers the retired actor's latest effort behind the camera.

Barry Jenkins (Medicine for Melancholy) Talks Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

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By Barry Jenkins | February 17, 2015
By Barry Jenkins | February 17, 2015

Barry Jenkins (Medicine for Melancholy) Talks Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

Blending fantasy and reality, this soaring, star-studded success reveals a different side to the virtuosic Mexican master.

David Lowery (Ain’t Them Bodies Saints) Talks Richard Linklater’s Boyhood

Film
By David Lowery | February 16, 2015
By David Lowery | February 16, 2015

David Lowery (Ain’t Them Bodies Saints) Talks Richard Linklater’s Boyhood

On a plane going to the other side of the world, the Texas filmmaker tries to Linklater's long-gestating masterpiece.

Terence Nance (An Oversimplification of Her Beauty) Talks Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement’s What We Do in the Shadows

Film
By Terence Nance | February 13, 2015
By Terence Nance | February 13, 2015

Terence Nance (An Oversimplification of Her Beauty) Talks Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement’s What We Do in the Shadows

Two Kiwi comic geniuses mash up Christopher Guest and the vampire genre to create a cinematic sitcom about the bourgeois undead.

Actor/Screenwriter Randy Russell Talks Marc Lawrence’s The Rewrite

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By Randy Russell | February 12, 2015
By Randy Russell | February 12, 2015

Actor/Screenwriter Randy Russell Talks Marc Lawrence’s The Rewrite

A light-hearted love story featuring characters in their fifties -- could this be a post-rom-com? Or even a revisionist rom-com?

Zach Clark (White Reindeer) Talks Spike Lee’s Da Sweet Blood of Jesus

Film
By Zach Clark | February 11, 2015
By Zach Clark | February 11, 2015

Zach Clark (White Reindeer) Talks Spike Lee’s Da Sweet Blood of Jesus

The iconoclastic director's "newest, hottest joint" was crowdfunded on Kickstarter but sourced from a '70s cult classic. Will the backers be happy?

Leah Shore (Old Man) Talks Mike Mitchell and Paul Tibbitt’s The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water

Film
By Leah Shore | February 10, 2015
By Leah Shore | February 10, 2015

Leah Shore (Old Man) Talks Mike Mitchell and Paul Tibbitt’s The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water

The NYC-based animator and director paints a vivid picture of the new big screen outing for a TV toon favorite.

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