This is the one. The post I’ve been leading to. When I started my “the Directors” column in 2009, I knew that covering the great Alfred H...

The girl is missing. Three-year-old Brittney Little was last seen in a furniture store as her young mother, Maveen (Sarah Sokolovic), and...

Last week, I was invited to participate in a podcast discussion about Harmony Korine’s masterful film, Spring Breakers . The Vern , Jay C...

A few months ago, I called Harmony Korine’s Spring Breakers one of my favorite films released so far this decade. It’s a neon-infused m...

Vincent D’Onofrio is a character actor’s character actor. Frequently altering his voice, appearance and general mannerisms from role to r...

Noah Baumbach’s films are about people of a certain age, and how they respond to the time they’ve had, and the time they have left. These...

Dennis Hopper’s film and television career spanned nearly six decades, in which he delivered more than 200 roles. From loyal sons to craz...

A few days ago, I highlighted several things I love about Terrence Malick’s The Thin Red Line that I feel are rarely (if ever) discussed...

Terrence Malick’s The Thin Red Line is the best war film I’ve ever seen. I’ve always considered it one of my favorite films of all time,...

It’s no secret that, unfortunately, the film business is notoriously unkind toward women. But amongst all the horror stories and latent m...

One of the best parts about getting to know someone is showing them movies I love. But in the beginning, I’ve found that it’s important t...

Frank Vincent is one of the premiere mafiosos currently in the film game. For nearly 35 years he’s brooded and beat his way all over cont...

Yesterday was the great Marvin Gaye’s birthday, and I was reminded yet again that, for some very strange reason, there has never been a m...

We’re a few months past the halfway point of the 2010s, and I thought it’d be fun to take a look back over the past five years and high...

We all know Tom Noonan. Whether he’s masked by monster make-up, shadowing Philip Seymour Hoffman, pulling a cameo in a Michael Mann flick...