Still Life (Pasolini, 2013)
May, played by British actor Eddie Marsan, is a curious character and Still Life is a curious film.
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Be the Message (Shook & Shook, 2014)
Kerry and Chris Shook's conversational, observational new book is worth pausing to recommend for one big reason.
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American Sniper (Eastwood, 2014)
With "American Sniper," Clint Eastwood has created a movie of integrity, exploring the nature of American manhood and the costs of war.
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Which 2015 Amazon Pilot Should You Watch?
From start to finish, this was the best, well-crafted episode of the pilots and has so much potential; it wouldn't be a surprise for this to be something really special for Amazon.
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Like Sunday, Like Rain (Whaley, 2014)
The unusual chemistry between them is passable, if again, not very remarkable.
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Christian Mingle (Bernsen, 2014)
The film that writer/director Corbin Bernsen name checks in his video introduction is Sleepless in Seattle. My philosophy is that you respect a film most, Christian or otherwise, by approaching it on its own terms. Based on that philosophy, Christian Mingle is first and foremost a Romantic Comedy and only secondarily a Christian film.
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Human Capital (Virzi, 2013)
Human Capital ("Il capitale umano") is a cross between Crash and Edith Wharton's The House of Mirth.
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Virunga (von Einsiedel, 2014)
Virtue, venality, and vocation are all abundantly on display in "Virunga," a suspense-filled Netflix documentary on warring oil and conservation interests in Congo.
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Gotham Episode 1.11 Recap: Rogues’ Gallery
Mid-Season hiatuses can always be a tricky thing. Sometimes they leave viewers anticipating a show's return and other times they leave too much room for the show to be forgotten about.
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Documentary Double Feature: “To Be Takei” and “The Pleasures of Being Out of Step”
These two documentaries, now available for home viewing, offer interesting profiles of Nat Hentoff and George Takei, two American icons who effectively blend their involvement in the worlds of entertainment and civil rights activism.