Gonna Shout It Everyday
The Glorias by Hope Madden “The path up is always a jagged line.” Gloria Steinem always could articulate the struggle toward progress. Filmmaker Julie Taymor certainly understands that sometimes the…read more →
Julianne Moore
So Much Drama in the NYC
After the Wedding by Brandon Thomas The adult drama has all but vanished from American multiplexes. Sure, the occasional Oscar-baity title sneaks through around the holidays, but those mom-pleasing, bring…read more →
Dancing Queen
Gloria Bell by Hope Madden Six years ago, Chilean filmmaker Sebastian Lelio released a vibrant and unapologetic look at aging and living with his magnificent Gloria. He re-images that gem…read more →
Wonder and Thunder
Wonderstruck by Hope Madden If Wonderstruck—the latest from indie god Todd Haynes—feels a bit like Scorsese’s 2011 wonder Hugo, there’s a reason for that. Both films are based on juvenile…read more →
Whisky Dicks
Kingsman: The Golden Circle by Matt Weiner There was a fleeting moment early in Kingsman: The Golden Circle when I thought that the new film might be atoning for the…read more →
Finally Julianne
Still Alice by Hope Madden Unless something goes terribly amiss Julianne Moore will finally win an Oscar this year, and that’s simply good news. She probably should have won one…read more →
Five More Remakes in Need of an All Female Cast
Rumors of an all-female Ghostbusting team got us A) excited for the reboot, and B) thinking of other movies we’d love to see reimagined with women in the lead. Here…read more →
Rebel Rebel
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 by Hope Madden What makes the Hunger Games franchise so much stronger than the rest of the adolescent lit series out there? Perhaps…read more →
Airport 2014!
NON-STOP by George Wolf The long, national nightmare is over..the Airport franchise is back, baby! Okay, not really. There’s no George Kennedy, or Charlton Heston, and no…read more →
What’s in a Name?
Carrie by Hope Madden Back in ’76, Brian De Palma brought Stephen King’s first novel, Carrie, to the screen and a terrifying vision of persecution and comeuppance emerged. But that…read more →