“When you get on this roller coaster, you don’t know how long you’re going to be allowed to play while you’re here,” the “New Girl” actor said about his filmmaking debut, “Self Reliance.”
Category: Movies
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David J. Skal, Scholar Who Took Horror Seriously, Dies at 71
In books like “The Monster Show” and “Screams of Reason,” he examined the cultural significance of movies meant to scare the bejesus out of people.
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Why the Documentary Oscar Race Is the Most Unpredictable One
All five nominees are international features focused on geopolitical events, and three are directed by women.
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Sundance Winners: See the List
The jury focused largely on under-the-radar titles, though a Jesse Eisenberg-Kieran Culkin collaboration also was recognized.
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At Sundance, a Transcendent Road Trip and Other Reasons to Love Movies
A documentary about Will Ferrell and his friend Harper Steele brought the house down. It was just one of several discoveries at this year’s festival.
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Five Action Movies to Stream Now
This month’s picks include a French comedic swashbuckling adventure, Indian spy games and more.
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Malia Obama at the Sundance Film Festival
The former first daughter’s short, “The Heart,” focuses on a sensitive man racked with guilt when his mother dies after they have an argument.
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‘Mutt,’ ‘Unpregnant’ and More Streaming Gems
The complexities of 21st-century romantic entanglements are front and center in this month’s roundup of hidden gems on your subscription streaming services.
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‘Godzilla Minus One’ Stomps Into ‘Oppenheimer’ Territory
Those movies, along with “The Boy and the Heron,” are essentially in conversation about the moral weight of American and Japanese actions in World War II.
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‘Pictures of Ghosts’ Review: Layers of Love and Memory
The Brazilian director Kleber Mendonça Filho draws on fact and fiction in this image-rich documentary that moves fast and far, but always returns home.