We’re almost at the midway point of the fortieth Toronto International Film Festival and common thematic concerns are emerging. There have been a fair amount of LGBT stories in high-profile films like…
Jon’s Movie Review: ‘American Ultra’
There are films made to enlighten and leave you with a heightened state of mind. Then there are films meant to be watched with an already “heightened” state of mind. American Ultra caters …
5 Movies Every College Graduate Should See Before Graduation Day
With graduation season fast approaching these 5 films are required viewing material for all impending graduates.…
2015 Tribeca Film Festival: Anesthesia
We asked O Brother Where Art Thou?. We’ve seen him help dig Holes. We watched him hang with presidents in Lincoln, with superheroes in The Incredible Hulk and The Fantastic Four. And of course, pullin…
Jon’s Movie Review: “Clouds of Sils Maria” Floats Above Itself
Oscar Wilde once said, “Life imitates Art far more than Art imitates Life”. I’ve never really agreed with this statement because life and art feel more symbiotic to me. Without one, …
Five ‘Twilight’ Short Films Set to Premiere Later This Year
In October, Lionsgate announced that it was teaming up with Facebook, the Women in Film organization, crowdsourcing platform Tongal, and author Stephenie Meyer to put Twilight back on film. Fiv…
Jon’s Movie Review: “Still Alice” Doesn’t Let You Forget What’s Important
We’d like to believe that we are more than the sum of our experiences, connections and memories. Ideally, there is something extra and irrevocable that makes us who we are, even when Alzheimer&#…