Author: Eric D. Snider
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SXSW 2016: Nick Kroll and Adam Scott Bring the Bitter Farce in My Blind Brother
As a general rule, we do not make jokes at the expense of the handicapped. The bitterly funny, just-sweet-enough My Blind Brother gets away with…
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SXSW 2016: Skarsgard and Peña Declare Hilarious War on Everyone
SXSW 2016 John Michael McDonagh’s first film, The Guard, had Brendan Gleeson as a racist, drug-using, rule-ignoring Irish police officer who didn’t care about smaller…
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Sundance 2016: Birth of a Nation Reclaims That Title to Honor Nat Turner’s Rebellion
Birth of a Nation Reclaims That Title to Honor Nat Turner’s Rebellion The greatest accomplishment of Nate Parker’s The Birth of a Nation might be…
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Sundance 2016: Christine Offers a Compelling Look at a Real Life Tragedy
Sundance 2016 Follow all of our Sundance 2016 coverage. If you know the name Christine Chubbuck, you also know how her story turned out, as…
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Sundance 2016: Paul Rudd and Craig Roberts Rescue The Fundamentals of Caring
Sundance 2016 Follow all of our Sundance 2016 coverage. The first half of The Fundamentals of Caring is a breathlessly witty, almost flawlessly executed comedy…
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Sundance 2016: You’ll Get Your Fill of Warm Fuzzies in Morris from America
Sundance 2016 Follow all of our Sundance 2016 coverage. As you may recall from when it happened to you or from the many movies you’ve…
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Sundance 2016: It’s Good, Not Great, to See Other People
Sundance 2016 Follow all of our Sundance 2016 coverage. There’s a tendency among first-time filmmakers to assume that being autobiographical makes a movie unique, even…
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‘Penguins of Madagascar’ Review: Turns Out These Birds Can Fly On Their Own
20th Century Fox Whether in TV or movies, spin-offs are risky, never more so than when the figures being spun off are wacky supporting characters who…
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‘Neighbors’ Review: Is This the Big Studio Comedy to Beat in 2014?
Editor’s note: Our review of Neighbors originally ran during this year’s SXSW film festival, but we’re re-running it now as the film opens in theaters.…