Oscar Buzz: Will Teens Have a Horse in the Race?

It’s that time of year again. The Weinsteins are whining, and the red carpets are rolling! In the enormous mess of DVD promotions, star interviews, magazine spotlights, and blogger rants, it’s easy to forget that the Oscars are no longer…

Maxwell’s Movie Review: Sleepwalk with Me

Sleepwalk with Me has several very funny lines sure to make you laugh, and a number of playful episodes sure to make you smile. It is not ‘hilarious,’ like you might expect a film based on a stand-up comedy routine…

The Film Canon: All the President’s Men (1976)

Some movies know they’re movies. If done well, they are aware that their job is to tell us a story, and invite us along for the ride. Whenever you hear a movie described as a ‘satire’, ‘parable’, or ‘epic’ –…

11 Awesome Feel Good Movies

11. The Intouchables (2012) Often times, stories about the power of friendship are overwrought, yet this film keeps the perfect balance of the sweet and realistic. After a paragliding accident leaves him a quadriplegic, Philippe hires a young man, Driss,…

The Avengers and the Survival of the Cinema

Every few weeks, an article entitled “Death of the Cinema” or “Death of Film Criticism” materializes on some film blog. “The cinema is dying! Young people don’t go to the movies! They’re not made like they used to be,” they…

Gaby’s Movie Review: Woody Allen’s ‘To Rome with Love’

Last year, Woody Allen made the exquisite Midnight in Paris. I’ve been a lifelong fan of Allen’s work, some I like more than others. But Midnight in Paris was unexpectedly wonderful, and I was almost hoping to say the same…