The Peanuts and Popcorn Podcast features weekly conversations about film, television and sports. Taylor Armosino and Jake Kring-Schreifels begin the episode by reflecting on some movies that Taylor watched over his Spring […]
Not to belabor the point, but there were a lot of movies to see this year. I didn’t come close to seeing them all. I’m not sure who did. I […]
Swedish actor reflects on playing a different kind of man Force Majeure, the emotionally and visually stunning new Swedish film from director Ruben Ostlund, hinges on a temporarily terrifying moment. […]
On the intimacies of love, families, and New York City In Love is Strange, director Ira Sachs has at once written a love letter to lower Manhattan and also exposed […]
John Turturro Explores His Sexuality in his Latest Film If it’s hard to imagine John Turturro playing a male prostitute, it might be incomprehensible, at least unconventional, to picture Woody […]
An Exploration of Meticulous Authority A few weeks ago I went to an early premiere of Wes Anderson’s eighth feature film The Grand Budapest Hotel at an Academy members screening […]
Serenity at Sea Above all else, it’s Robert Redford’s hands that director J.C. Chandor chooses to emphasize the most in All Is Lost. Scarred and weathered, they pull his yacht’s […]
Cutie and the Boxer is Zachary Heinzerling’s marvelous directorial debut and a rare dual portrait of artistic souls, Ushio and Noriko Shinohara. The title refers to Noriko’s illustrated journal of her life with […]
James Mangold and Hugh Jackman discuss influences for new film I got the opportunity to attend The Wolverine press conference in New York City and hear from director James Mangold and […]
Re-enacting Indonesian genocide, one scene at a time In an eerie and breathtaking scene from director Joshua Oppenheimer’s profound documentary The Act of Killing, a man tries but is unable to […]
Lifestyles of the Rich and the Famous…and Isolated “I think I’m always drawn to projects that help me understand something about myself.” – Sofia Coppola “Write what you know.” That’s the […]
Putting the Dysfunction in Family When you leave the theater after seeing Stoker, Chan-Wook Park’s latest family psychological gothic melodrama, you will be stirred, but for reasons unknown and ungraspable. […]
Director discusses new documentary, touring with Journey, and singing into the night… Make your way to any prom night, dinner function, ballpark, or festival, and a song from Journey will […]
