Performance artists. What good are they anyhow? It’s not like they put their lives on the line or make a strong statement about anything going on in current events. It’s not like they tend to become wildly notorious for their acts, nor…
2016 Tribeca Film Festival: The Family Fang
Just what do you do when your parents are performance artists and go missing? Are they crying wolf and trying to pull another stunt? Or rather, are they actually in trouble and need your help? This is the dilemma Annie…
Movie Review: Zootopia
I didn’t quite know what to expect as I settled in for my screening of Disney’s Zootopia , directed by Byron Howard and Rich Moore, and that’s probably for the best because if I had known in advance how charming this little…
Interview: Joel Edgerton Discusses Writing, Directing, & Starring in ‘The Gift’
Australian actor Joel Edgerton (unforgettable in The Square) made his first international film appearance opposite Halle Berry and Jim Belushi in the 1996 kids adventure Race the Sun. Television hit Secret Life of Us helped establish his array of big screen…
Movie Review: ‘The Gift’
Much like an endowment from which the film borrows its title, The Gift is a true present to the world of cinema. In an era of horror defined by cheap jump scares and an aversion to subtlety, The Gift should…
‘Horrible Bosses 2’ Review
If Seth Gordon’s Horrible Bosses (2011) was a black comedy akin to such titles as Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949), Harold and Maude (1971), and Death to Smoochy (2002), Sean Anders’ Horrible Bosses 2 (2014) is more of a screwball…
How Zootopia Mastered Social Commentary
Zootopia is brimming with social commentary, racial subtext being a primary component to the development of its characters. Its protagonist, Judy, is a rabbit who despite her unmatched abilities as a police officer faces discrimination at the hands of her…