“And so we beat on, boats against the current, born back ceaselessly into the past” You can’t even be upset with Baz Lurhmann’s bringing The Great Gatsby back to life in a, “holy sh*t, all of this glitter is hurting my eyes,” type-fashion, because I…

“The screen is a magic medium. It has such power that it can retain interest as it conveys emotions and moods that no other art form can hope to tackle.” —Stanley Kubrick I can’t believe it’s already been 6 months since the opening of the…

“It’s a lot more than just grape juice.” When it comes to wine, I’m all, “OK I like a nice dry merlot but not any of that sweet stuff,” meaning: I’ve got a lot to learn. But if you’re lucky enough to be in the presence…

If you know anything about being an actress, it’s that of course it’s all kinds glamorous. But also if you know anything about being an actress, it’s that it’s only glamorous when you’re actually getting paid. Like you know, have some actual semi-decent gigs going. And when…

Tom Shkolnik’s first feature film The Comedian grips onto the darker side of the UK that is alive and well today—not the “Big Ben, Buckingham Palace”-type jazz you see in the mainstream: telling the story about a 32 year-old guy Ed (Edward Hogg) working at a…

Vine sorda took us all by storm when the video making app debuted this January; this was an exciting chance for film peeps to really show off their stuff in a mere six second span—similar to the Twitter phenomenon of only having 140 characters to…

Spring. Break. It’s as if nothing as cool has ever happened in your entire life—or well, at least up until that seemingly crucial moment in time: somewhere along the lines of being halfway through college, pretty careless, no obligations. Just a chance to getaway for…

Bill Murray as FDR along with the rest of the cast in Roger Michell’s Hyde Park on Hudson makes the secret but not so secret love affair with Roosevelt’s distant cousin Margaret Suckley aka “Daisy” (Laura Linney; The Squid and the Whale, The Truman Show) a funny adventure at…

How does one define the oh so complicated thing we call love? Is it found in a kiss, a touch—or in the way two people are able to merely withstand the silence together that defines this lifelong commitment? One could argue that it’s both, but…

Every year the Library of Congress selects movies with significant cultural relevance to be inducted into the National Film Registry. This year’s list features some pretty heavy hitters, including the seasonally appropriate Christmastime favorite A Christmas Story (which, the tongue-stuck-to-the-pole scene is reason enough to be on…