Christian Zübert’s Tour de Force (Hin und Weg) is reminiscent of the Big Chill in reverse, a dramedy about a group of thirty-somethings coming to terms with life, love, relationships and mortality. It is time once again for Hannes (Florian David Fitz …Read more
Bill Plympton’s Cheatin’ supercharges the often cliché plot of extramarital affairs and turns it into a bold artistic statement. If you want to watch imagination soar to heights of unabashed grandeur, look no further as indie’s most intriguing animat …Read more
Bill Plympton’s unique animation style has become a trademark of sorts; characters with outlandish features, larger than life libidos and an all-too recognizable desire to be accepted for who they are, often populate his shorts and feature lengths. I …Read more
Douglas Sirk’s Imitation of Life will be playing at Film Forum in a pristine new restoration, from April 3 to April 9. The 1959 classic is a lush adaptation of the Fannie Hurst novel from 1933, which had been adapted into a film starring Claudette Co …Read more
Tackling two extremely hot-button issues simultaneously, The Hand That Feeds could have very easily become too cumbersome to support its own weight. In one corner, this New York documentary is presenting a humanizing argument about illegal immigratio …Read more
5 to 7 is a charmingly, if somewhat outlandish, old-fashioned film where there’s nothing more romantic than lighting a woman’s cigarette, where infidelity is carried out with a Gallic debonair and understanding, and where social obligations are organ …Read more
The films of Lisandro Alonso often defy classification, even though most of them have rural settings, they don’t present us with idyllic views of country life. Even though most of them feature non-professional actors playing parts that share their na …Read more
During six seasons, Sam Jaeger stole the hearts of viewers with his sensitive portrayal of Joel Graham in NBC’s Parenthood, which saw his character go through emotional ups and downs that made him beloved by viewers who felt they knew him in real lif …Read more
Man from Reno is an unexpected treat – a captivating neo-noir that resonates with the psychic weight of its genre forebears, while still retaining its own unique voice and full set of surprises. The story is set in San Francisco, but not the tech won …Read more
In Drunktown’s Finest, writer/director Sydney Freeland follows the lives of three young Native Americans, living in a reservation. The young Nizhoni (MorningStar Angeline) wishes to meet her biological parents against the wishes of her adoptive paren …Read more
