Family entertainment can have a tendency of being dumbed down, as if children are not meant to understand richer subtext. Of course, the point is that as a kid you’re entertained…
For most of its first act, “Insidious: Out of the Further” taps into a particular, primal fear. At least for a good portion of…
California punk rock trio Green Day has become one of the most enduring bands from the ’90s, and is now the driving force behind a coming-of-age indie rock film. Road trip…
Revenge is bittersweet in director Andrew Patterson’s “The Rivals of Amziah King.” Matthew McConaughey plays Amziah King, a bluegrass-playing beekeeper with a very open…
Like most genres, there is a particular art to the making of a good stoner comedy. Dylan Meyer’s compulsively watchable “The Wrong Girls” is…
David Robert Mitchell’s “The End of Oak Street” is one of those curious hybrids where the director is trying to add artistry to a…
Jane Schoenbrun is quickly becoming one of those filmmakers with a distinctive voice. They have established such a firm style that if it remains consistent, you’ll be able to spot their…
Will Gluck knows how to craft rom-coms the way other directors skillfully do action movies. He chooses just the right look and pitch perfect casting for scripts that in lesser hands…