Why You Don’t Need to Watch Woody Allen to Appreciate Film

I, like many others, full heartedly believe Dylan Farrow. I believe she was abused as a young girl by a man who was supposed to protect her and be her guardian and was supposed to shield her from the ugliness…

Cannes Report #1: Café Society + Sieranevada

In the middle of term papers and final exams, I clung to one calming thought: in a few weeks I was going to be at Cannes. I closed my eyes and imagined the sweeping red carpets and the glimmering French…

Directors of Cinema: Episode 3 – Woody Allen

Welcome to another episode of Directors of Cinema, the podcast that highlights the careers of cinema’s most prominent directors. Each week, host Matthew Goudreau and a guest discuss selected works of a director chosen by the guest. This episode, Matt welcomes special guest…

Movie Review: ‘Irrational Man’

An oncoming train will kill five people; if you switch the track, only one person will die.  As the engineer of the train, what should you do?  You could appeal to utilitarian ethics, but what if the single person is a…

Out of the Past: : “The Naked City” (1948)

“There’s your city, Holloran. Take a good look. Jean Dexter is dead, and the answer must be somewhere down there.” The Dragnet-style narrator sums up the style and summery of The Naked City as Jimmy Halloran (Don Taylor) looks out…

Gaby’s Movie Review: Blue Jasmine

For putting out a new movie each year, you have to admire Woody Allen. (Especially these past few years where he’s made some great to pretty good films.) Not many filmmakers can do what he does, or at least have…

Interview: MAN OF STEEL Cast & Director at the Sydney Premiere

TYF Contributor Shane A. Bassett attended the black carpet premiere of Man of Steel in Sydney, Australia. He spoke with the stars and director of the film. The stars and director of the latest Superman incarnation Man of Steel got…