Movies
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Take a Sweet Trip with the Electric ‘Cosmopolis’ Score From Howard Shore and Metric
Music and sound are not just elements that underscore select scenes in David Cronenberg’s Cosmopolis, they are each specifically discussed and used in the story…
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6 Filmmaking Tips From Sylvester Stallone
Sylvester Stallone is the man. An incredible intelligent writer/director and a savvy actor with chops far beyond the action genre that kept him caged for…
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33 Things We Learned From ‘The French Connection’ Commentary
From 2012, we share everything we got out of the DVD commentary for William Friedkin’s Best Picture winner.
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Review: ‘Unforgivable’ Is Unapologetic In Its Lack of a Point (France)
Francis (André Dussollier) is a French mystery writer looking for a place to work on his new novel. He sets his sights on a small…
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Review: ‘Heartbeat’ Is a Deft Mix of Drama, Suspense and Incredulity (South Korea)
Little Ye-eun is dying. The child has a weak heart on the edge of failure, and if she doesn’t get a transplant soon it will…
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Review: ‘2 Days in New York’ Is a Mostly Fun and Frisky Family Farce
Editor’s note: With 2 Days in New York opening in limited release this Friday, here is a re-run of our review from Sundance, when it…
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William Friedkin Gets Romantic With ‘Killer Joe’
For such an unrelentingly graphic and blood-spattered NC-17 thriller, William Friedkin’s Killer Joe is more romantic than one would expect. The filmmaker behind The Exorcist…
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Review: ‘The Moth Diaries’ Doesn’t Fly Near Enough To the Flame
Is there anything more dangerously piquant than the angst of a teenage girl? The raw emotions, the budding sexuality and the passionate conviction that their…
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6 Filmmaking Tips from Charlie Kaufman
From 2012, we gathered up some of Charlie Kaufman’s filmmaking and screenwriting lessons.