Critic David Ehrlich Joins Rolling Stone
David Ehrlich announced on Twitter today that "after a terrific year with Time Out, I’ll be joining @RollingStone as a Staff Writer on 10/13." He told me this news last week at a Kino Lorber New York...
View Article‘Steve Jobs’ Soars: Danny Boyle and His Cast Ride Aaron Sorkin’s Exhilarating...
http://v.indiewire.com/videos/indiewire/Steve%20Jobs%20-%20Official%20Trailer%202%20%28HD%29.mp4The most anticipated studio debut of the fall festivals, "Steve Jobs" rests on an extraordinary text by...
View ArticleDocumentary ‘Sembene!’ Is Honest Portrait of the Father of African Cinema
Anyone who wants to argue that cinema is given too much importance in this culture – any culture, for that matter —should listen to Samba Gadjigo, co-director of documentary “Sembene!” “When I was...
View Article‘By the Sea,’ Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s European Marital Adventure,...
A sad married couple played by Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt take an escapist Mediterranean holiday in "By the Sea," writer-director Jolie Pitt’s elegantly slow-paced marital drama with grief at its...
View ArticleCopenhagen Doc Fest Review: ‘The Fear of 13’ Is Thrilling True Crime Documentary
Floating teasingly and compellingly between true crime documentary and thriller, "The Fear of 13" is a good fit for the CPH:DOX film festival in Copenhagen, which encourages films that explore the grey...
View ArticleAFI FEST REVIEW: Will Smith-Starrer ‘Concussion’ Argues Case Against NFL
With earnest biopic "Concussion," investigative journalist-turned-writer-director Peter Landesman ("Parkland") constructs a strong argument against the NFL’s callous dishonesty about the dangers of...
View ArticleHow to Make a Ten Best List in Five Easy Steps
Every year, we check out the top ten lists of our favorite critics to see what we missed and should watch at year’s end. When parsing these picks, remember that most film critics who make a ten best...
View ArticleBerlin Review: In ‘L’Avenir,’ Isabelle Huppert Takes Stock of Her Life
Mia Hansen-Løve’s films have always demonstrated a maturity of insight beyond her years, which she’s applied to her observations on people her own age or younger. Now 35, with her fifth feature...
View Article‘Black Mirror,’‘Dark Phoenix,’ and ‘Late Night’– IndieWire Weekly Review Roundup
It’s been a rough week for titles referencing darkness, as the new season of “Black Mirror” and X-Men movie “Dark Phoenix” both stumbled with our critics. But for every post-“Bandersnatch”...
View Article‘Toy Story 4,’‘Men in Black,’ and ‘Rolling Thunder Revue’: IndieWire Weekly...
Everyone might be talking about “Toy Story 4,” but one of life’s few certainties is that the influx of indie reviews never stops. This week’s films ran the entire spectrum of quality, from a great...
View ArticleAs Kenneth Turan Leaves the Los Angeles Times, Film Critics Face a...
“I have some big news,” the Los Angeles Times lead film critic Kenneth Turan tweeted on Wednesday. “After close to 30 years in the most exciting and rewarding of jobs, I am stepping away from being a...
View Article‘Kubo and the Two Strings’ Review Roundup: Critics Rave Over Laika Triumph
In animated feature “Kubo and the Two Strings,” a young boy named Kubo must locate a magical suit of armor worn by his late father in order to defeat a vengeful spirit from the past. The film, directed...
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