The reigning king of dark comedies for 2014, “The Double’ picks up where “The Office” leaves off Writer/director Richard Ayoade’s second film follows up his well-received “Submarine” with a gutsy adaptation of Dostoevsky’s redoubtable novel. Starring Jesse Eisenberg and Mia Wasikowska, the film trots out a remarkable cast of famous actors, even more remarkable for
Great history and plenty of bombs and explosions but lacking the glitz to be a great crime thriller Taking place in the fiery hot summer of 1919, this story unfolds amidst the tense urban strife of the biggest Italian immigration in US history. Between 1880 and 1920, more than 4 million Italians came to America.
Trouble in Boson City but the spunky brainiacs of the Hadron Collider right the ship and identify the illusive link to the beginning of the universe. The first half of this film it is a straight-on exploration of the greatest experiment taking place today, a venture with unfathomable potential for immense success or bottomless failure:
A glimpse into the horrific life of an unlikely statesman chosen to destroy his people. Director Claude Lanzmann’s sweeping documentary of the Holocaust screened at the 2013 New York Film Festival to mixed reviews. The rambling 220 minute saga centered on interviews with, and information provided by, Benjamin Murmelstein. Murmelstein was the last Jewish elder,
A fascinating story of American ballet and one of the greatest ballerinas in the world. Known as “Tanny” to several generations of American ballet insiders, Tanaquille le Clercq lived the perfect life of the ballerina in pre-war America. Married to one of the legends of ballet, George Balanchine, and pursued by another, Jerome Robbins,
Aside from the outrageous format, Nymphomaniac offers several powerful performances and sheds light on a subject that needs it. The buzz about Lars Von Trier’s sex lollapalooza “Nymphomaniac” has preceded the film like a tidal wave. As might be expected, von trier had bigger things in mind when he decided to invite viewers inside the head
Lifelong friends Clif Prowse and Derek Lee are finally seeing the horrific fruits of their labours. Four years ago they bandied about an idea for a film about friends traveling through Europe and facing the ultimate horror. And here it is. “Clif” and “Derek” are on their grand tour when Derek begins to feel ill.
So does Alejandro Jodorowsky’s unreleased film adaptation of Frank Herbert’s Dune deserve its reputation as the best unreleased film of all time? Documentarian Frank Pavich attempts to set the record straight in Jodorowsky’s Dune, a riveting look at the man’s life from childhood to his cinematic grand folly. “Jodo” had arranged for some of the
Three Days in Havana is a terrific crime thriller set in exotic Havana, where a Canadian businessman finds himself in life threatening danger. Gil Bellows (Parkland, Vegas, Ally McBeal, and The Shawshank Redemption) befriends a drugged out British expat (Greg Wise) who has a knack for drawing trouble. Together they attempt to navigate the dangerous
With The Wolf of Wall Street, director Martin Scorsese has created a movie the audience either loves or completely hates. The film pushes the limits of just about everything you can and can’t do in a big-budget Hollywood film and seems to celebrate debauchery, or at least how it was defined by the 1980’s stock