Some Returns Are Only Physical
In her debut feature Return (starring Linda Cardellini and Michael Shannon), Liza Johnson explores the scarred psyche of a woman coming home from Iraq.
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A Return to Form-alism: We Need to Talk About Kevin
Lynne Ramsay’s first film in nine years includes a haunting turn by Tilda Swinton and a chilling Ezra Miller.
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The Darkness: Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan reveals his bleak take on life and cinema, now playing at Film Forum.
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Sleeping Beauty: Mystery, Atmosphere, Dream
First-time director Julia Leigh goes heavy on tonal filmmaking with her take on the ethereal, eternal fairy tale.
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Michelle Williams as Marilyn Monroe: The Legend and the Lady
How does Simon Curtis’ lovely film My Week With Marilyn humanize the most famous actress of the 20th century?
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A Dangerous Method: From Film to Play and Back Again
Playwright/screenwriter Christopher Hampton talks about Jung and Freud's circuitous journey to the silver screen.
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The Lie: What Tangled Webs We Weave
A slacker’s momentary slip-up creates a heap of problems in actor Joshua Leonard’s directorial debut, opening Friday.
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Infinite Empathy: Werner Herzog on the Death Penalty
In his latest film, Into the Abyss, the documentary master takes an unabashed stand against the death penalty in the United States.
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NYFF 2011: A Most Stellar Edition
As New York Film Festival head Richard Pena announces next year will be his last, we highlight some of the films that made this year's edition so buzzworthy.
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Texas Killing Fields: A Hunt For Evil
Director Ami Mann invites us into the desolate gulf fields to experience a terror that is all too real.
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