This Month in Film: November New Releases

November is a great movie month. It’s almost like prep for the onslaught of films…

The Film Canon: Rashomon (1950)

This film was like s stage production. One act, followed by act two, all wrapped…

Oscar Buzz: The Contenders So Far

Awards Season, my favorite time of the year, and it is always this same period…

Maxwell’s Movie Review: Cloud Atlas

Some movies are like real life – painfully realistic, often cynical or sad, these seek…

11 Awesome Feel Good Movies

11. The Intouchables (2012) Often times, stories about the power of friendship are overwrought, yet…

The Film Canon: Jules and Jim (1962)

François Truffaut’s Jules and Jim begins in a state of pure bliss. According to every movie everywhere,…

The Film Canon: Bicycle Thieves (1948)

Charged with the neorealism style of filmmaking, portraying a cultural shift in Rome post war,…