Leonard Maltin once described the late, great Bruno Kirby as “the quintessential New Yorker.” A fitting title, given that many of Kirby...

Cinematographer Matthew Libatique knows how to make a movie move. The films he shoots are energetic, vibrant, alive – they move . Whether...

Unfriended , a new movie in real time Last night I watched two movies that, unbeknownst to me going in, were films that took place in r...

From the onset of her film career, Jennifer Jason Leigh has played roles most actresses (of any age) would be terrified to play. Her char...

Some songs are used so well in certain movies, that filmmakers should write those tracks off, as they will never be able to use it better...

Whoever Cara Seymour is playing – a scantly clad New York woman of the night, a turn of the century nun, a lowly London housewife – she’s...

I felt like an asshole watching Amy . The new documentary about doomed singer Amy Winehouse left me feeling disheartened, and sad, and co...

David Mamet’s films are a drug. I watch one and the synapses in my brain start firing, demanding only one thing: more, more, more. Genuin...

Roger Ebert said it best, Kathryn Bigelow is a master of stories about men and women who choose to be in physical danger. Choose is the ...

So the thing is, I love Steven Soderbergh’s Magic Mike . The movie is a lot smarter than it has ever been given credit for, and in the w...

The original Magic Mike was a phenomenon. Made independently with $7 million dollars of director Steven Soderbergh and star Channing Tat...

Ann Dowd is having a moment. In the past two years alone she’s been featured in critically revered indies as well as some of the most pop...

Warning: Critical plot details are revealed in this post. My first experience with Begin Again was under some of the worst viewing c...

Editing is where the magic happens. It’s where you shape, explore, experiment – it’s literally where you find and make your film. But it’...

Vilmos Zsigmond has been one of film’s most influential cinematographers for decades. In more than 60 years as a working director of phot...