2016 Midyear Review: Best in Film

Does anyone else have the feeling that 2016 has been an incredibly odd year for film thus far? Between the failure of sequels, some superhero duds, the summer in particular so far has been a bit of a let down…

Movie Review: The Fits

Eagerly defying genre labeling while bucking coming of age storytelling convention, The Fits directed by Anna Rose Holmer is a rallying cry for girls everywhere and a true success. Evocative and exploding onto the screen with gusto, Holmer has directed a film…

Movie Review: Maggie’s Plan

Doing screwball comedy isn’t easy. The timing has got to not only be perfect, but the joke itself has got to match the precise moment it is being delivered. Not just that, but the delivery has got to match the…

First trailer for Into the Forest debuts

For a film that I had known very little about before today, the Ellen Page starring Into the Forest is now one of my most anticipated of the year and this is all due to a quietly chilling trailer. Haunting, beautifully captured…

Watch the moving first trailer for Queen of Katwe

It’s difficult to read the names Lupita Nyong’o, David Oyelowo and Mira Nair in the same sentence and not get excited. Disney, having seemingly been content to let their franchises rule the cinematic landscape, is arriving mid September with something…

Movie Review: The Driftless Area

Anton Yelchin and I haven’t had a good track record with his films that premier at the Tribeca Film Festival. First with the mopey 5 to 7 and now, more recently, with last year’s aimless, bizarre fairy tale The Driftless Area. With a…

Everybody Wants Some!! Cast Interview

This interview has been edited for print purposes. As Everybody Wants Some!! continues to roll out in theaters nationwide, take a look below at the round-table interview TYF took part of with stars Blake Jenner, Tyler Hoechlin and Will Brittain. Check out…