“Cinema...appeases a certain sense of nostalgia that lies dormant in our hearts, nostalgia for countries never seen that will perhaps never ...

by James Hansen There are many reasons to call Pedro Almodovar’s The Skin I Live In uncomfortable. Without going into major spoilers, the f...

by James Hansen There’s something about this title, this name – Martha Marcy May Marlene . Of course, it is the name of a new movie out this...

by James Hansen On first glance, it seems easy to pin Andrew Haigh’s Weekend onto the tired formula of romantic dramas – guy meets girl, ey...

...Refn makes it clear the Driver isn’t fit for the spotlight, nor does he want to be caught in it. Instead, he lurks in the shadows waiting...

"What is perhaps more strange is that the creatures are never pleasant, entrancing, or inviting. Their maniacally hushed, whispery ...

by James Hansen There are several scenes in Seth Gordon’s Horrible Bosses in which the main characters, Kurt (Jason Sudeikis), Dale (a pain...

by James Hansen What is it exactly that is being forgotten in Werner Herzog’s Cave of Forgotten Dreams ? Following his recent line of “natur...

by James Hansen It would seem fitting to start this review by asking the question “What the hell is this movie?,” but I fear that alrea...

by James Hansen Let me suggest that movies battling through issues of free will and determinism require an individual character trait to sus...

by James Hansen Simon West’s The Mechanic , a new version of the 1972 Charles Bronson film by the same name, starts as an existential charac...

by James Hansen In what is sure to come as a surprise to entertainment prognosticators damning Natalie Portman’s Oscar hopes for making her ...

by James Hansen Currently on view at the Wexner Center in The Box (which wonderfully contributes to the work’s critical questions by insta...

by James Hansen In what has become an annual January tradition, movie studios bestow their leftover turds upon various multiplexes and audie...