Vacationing in Style With ‘Youth’
Jumping from crescendo to crescendo, Sorrentino hits all the high notes in his bombastically entertaining comedy/drama.
Stephen Mayne
‘The Big Short’ Falls Short
An informative and sometimes entertaining take on the recent financial crisis,The Big Short doesn't quite deliver on our investment.
‘Mavis!’ Puts Mavis Staples, and Her Influence on Music, Centre Stage
Even if Mavis! covers a lot of ground quickly, it offers an entertaining tribute to one hell of a performer.
‘Human’: A Conversation With Yann Arthus-Bertrand
Yann Arthus-Bertrand comes down to earth at the Venice Film Festival and talks about his new film, Human.
The American Story in 6.5 Hours: Criterion Restores Jan Troell’s Emigration Epic
Jan Troell's masterful double header looks like two films and plays like one as it takes the Nilsson family from 19th century Sweden to life in the new world.
Beware Strangers Bearing Literary Quotes
In Mojave, an effective thriller struggles under the weight of its intellectual pretensions.
The Birth, Life and Death of the UK Film Council
The Rise and Fall of the UK Film Council provides an informative academic account of the recent birth, life and death of the UK's film funding body.
Venice Film Festival 2015: And the Award Goes to…
Closing out the 2015 Venice Film Festival, it's clear that we can't all be winners, but we can all be judges -- and then there's the judges who have the final say.
Venice Film Festival 2015: ‘Go With Me’ + ‘For Your Love’
Go With Me carefully avoided offence, For Your Love proved infuriatingly bad.
Venice Film Festival 2015: ‘Remember’ + ‘From Afar’
Remembering why we like Atom Egoyan.
Venice Film Festival 2015: 11 Minutes + Heart of a Dog + A Matter of Life and Death + Interrogation
A thriller, a portrait of a dog, a challenge to Heaven, and a bloody crime drama.