I know that some people have their personal gripes with the current era of filmmakers and stars making slightly self-indulgent meditation films on their collective careers, but I’ve found nearly all of them so far to be my cup of tea. Honestly, I’m surprised it’s taken Noah Baumbach this long to jump on the train. He’s no stranger to making movies that help him reckon with his past and legacy, however with Jay Kelly , starring the very similar sounding name of George Clooney,

Jean Luc Godard’s Breathless , the film credited for kicking off the French New Wave, is one of the most legendary cyphers in film history, credited mostly to its paradoxical legibility. Here is a film that’s been picked apart and theorized to death and back in an attempt to understand its allure, yet it seems to wear itself inside out. Everything Breathless is doing is loud and obvious, intentionally blown up to gigantic proportions by Godard. The technique, the influences,

[the following review is spoiler-free] Back in 2003, the world was rocked by a new Broadway musical based on The Wizard of Oz . Stephen Schwartz's Wicked might not have won the Tony that year, but it has been playing on the great white way for over two decades and remains an American cultural mainstay. After years of painstaking development, the highly anticipated film adaptation was released last Thanksgiving. Wicked: Part 1 covered the musical's first act, becoming both

One of the most talked-about films at this year's Cannes Film Festival was Lynne Ramsay's Die My Love . It marked the return of one of the industry's most beloved female directors, telling a story that only a woman could. Audiences throughout the festival raved about the raw, emotional script and the lead performances by Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson. The film was soon purchased by distributor, Mubi for $24 million. Expectations were ramping up fast, and they were th