When I think back on 2009, the phrase that comes to mind is “top heavy.”

I somehow managed to miss Peter Askin’s documentary, Trumbo, when it played at The Toronto International Film Festival and then again at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival. Having not heard strong buzz at either …

Perhaps no archetype is more prevalently insidious in Western art and criticism than that of the diminishing star–the poet, artist, athlete, or performer who dazzles us and youth but gradually becomes a shadow of his …

I approached writing a review of this film with some trepidation. The act of reviewing carries with it a strain of judgment, and when reviewing a documentary it is hard not to feel as …

I just got back from screening Cheri (2009), and while I’d have to watch the film again at least once to write a proper review of that film, I am prepared to say that it …

A lot of films can break your heart–a precious few can enlarge and renovate it.
Vincent Paronnaud’s and Marjane Satrapi’s animated film of the latter’s graphic novel is one of those precious few. It invites comparison …