by Adam Hofbauer 2012’s two most visible films relating the experiences of African Americans were both made by white men.  Benh Zeitli...

by James Hansen  Over the past few weeks, the internet has been abuzz with critics, pundits, and politicians considering the moral, ethi...

by James Hansen I suppose I would be remiss if I didn’t mention at the start of this review that I grew up as something of...

by James Hansen  "...Jackson’s unwillingness to streamline anything leaves The Hobbit feeling more like a special-effect sledgeham...

by James Hansen  In what is surely the most welcome surprise of the cinematic year thus far, Rich Moore’s Wreck-It Ralph , the latest re...

by James Hansen  In some ways, this shift is precisely how Holy Motors functions as an ambiguous narrative – one which maintains investm...

by James Hansen Effective in the way that only films with no stakes or logic can be, Nicholas Jarecki’s Arbitrage finds hedge fund ...

by James Hansen It isn’t all that surprising that Ole Bornedal’s The Possession is derivative. Exorcism movies all follow the formula ...

by James Hansen   ...the primary task of Killer Joe appears as a negotiation between ideal and actuality. Playing off various sets...

by James Hansen It would be easy to attack “visionary” director Timur Bekmambetov’s Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter for its gross hist...