The Film Canon: Go (1999)

The career trajectory of director Doug Liman is one familiar to many other filmmakers. After getting his starting in the world of independent film, Hollywood eventually came knocking on Liman’s door, and the man whose first film was the small-scale…

Read of the Week: We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

A beautiful and distinguished family. A private island. A brilliant, damaged girl; a passionate, political boy. A group of four friends—the Liars—whose friendship turns destructive. A revolution. An accident. A secret. Lies upon lies. True love. The truth.   We…

Tribeca ’14 Review | Preservation

Actor Christopher Denham (Argo, Shutter Island) has come to Tribeca with his sophomore effort in writing and directing after he received acclaim with the short film “Home Movie” back in 2008. This experimentation in the horror/thriller genre gives us Preservation,…

Read of the Week: Jump by Elisa Carbone

Jump. That is what P.K. has done. A totally wild, crazy jump from a restrictive life with her family into a life of total adventure—rock-climbing out west with a guy she barely knows. At first, everything’s amazing. Not only are…

Read of the Week: These Broken Stars by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner

It’s a night like any other on board the Icarus. Then, catastrophe strikes: the massive luxury spaceliner is yanked out of hyperspace and plummets into the nearest planet. Lilac LaRoux and Tarver Merendsen survive. And they seem to be alone. …

Read of the Week: The Brokenhearted by Amelia Kahaney

Prima ballerina Anthem Fleet is closely guarded by her parents in their penthouse apartment. But when she meets the handsome Gavin at a party on the wrong side of town, she is immediately drawn into his dangerous world. Then, in…

Evan’s Film Review: Paranoia

I don’t know what this movie’s tagline was, but it should have been “The 1% has better smart phones than you.”   The director of ‘Legally Blonde’ presents ‘Paranoia’: Yet another movie that teeters more along the lines of a…