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Nick Pinkerton
A man holds a boy in his basement, and Michael keeps up appearances More >>

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  • Michael

    By Nick Pinkerton

    The clean, orderly home has a particular hold on the Austrian imagination—specifically the basement, the nation's subterranean... More >>

  • The Human Experience-ish: Day-in-a-Life Movies at Doc Fortnight

    By Nicolas Rapold

    When is a movie more than a movie? When it's everything—or trying to be. Since early in cinema, a certain breed of panoramic nonfiction... More >>

  • This Means War

    By Nick Pinkerton

    Hostilities in This Means War are declared as two workmates compete for the affection of the same woman. The contested objective is Lauren (Reese... More >>

  • Group Dynamics: A Record of 35-plus Years of Experimental Theater at 33 Wooster

    By Melissa Anderson

    Gertrude Stein once replied to an interviewer who couldn't make sense of her 1934 opera, Four Saints in Three Acts, "If you enjoy, you... More >>

  • Thin Ice

    By Mark Holcomb

    Working the long con and damn near getting away with it, this kissing cousin to Fargo, Cedar Rapids, and Win Win makes for a surprisingly... More >>

  • Jess + Moss

    By Benjamin Mercer

    A beguilingly languid collection of sense impressions, Jess + Moss follows two cousins on opposite ends of adolescence as they pass a single... More >>

  • Undefeated

    By Michael Atkinson

    An inspirational sports tearjerker in distilled form, this new Harvey-hawked doc lands in North Memphis, where the underfunded, all-black... More >>

  • The Secret World of Arrietty

    By Aaron Hillis

    Synonymous with the humanistic, eco-minded, pastel-hued elegance of Japanese filmmaker and animation virtuoso Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited Away),... More >>

  • The Forgotten Space

    By Mark Holcomb

    Epic in scope, intellectual agility, and the potential to induce panic and despair, this documentary exploration of global trade as an emblem of... More >>

  • On the Ice

    By Brian Miller

    If I said "Eskimo hip-hop crime tale," would that send you running to the nearest sunny beach? Shot on location in far northern Alaska with a... More >>

  • Putin's Kiss

    By Benjamin Mercer

    Nashi, a pro-Kremlin "democratic anti-fascist youth movement," provides fresh-faced, brightly attired teens the opportunity to promote the... More >>

  • Bullhead

    By Melissa Anderson

    In Bullhead, Michael R. Roskam's first feature, thirtyish Jacky (Matthias Schoenaerts) is a cattle-farming hulk who keeps his mini-fridge stocked... More >>

  • Cirkus Columbia

    By Aaron Hillis

    In small-town southern Herzegovina circa 1992—on the eve of the bloody war in the Balkans—middle-age former villager Divko (Miki... More >>

  • The Turin Horse, The Miners' Hymns

    By Nick Pinkerton

    Béla Tarr, the Hungarian director who became something like the patron saint of slow cinema with 1994's 450-minute... More >>

  • Protect the Abs at All Cost

    By Karina Longworth

    “He's sooo hot,” the woman sitting next to me at the screening of Safe House sighed to her friend as the film's opening images of... More >>

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What Lies Beneath: A Man, a Boy, and a Basement in <i>Michael</i> What Lies Beneath: A Man, a Boy, and a Basement in Michael
By Nick Pinkerton

The clean, orderly home has a particular hold on the Austrian imagination—specifically the basement, the nation's subterranean subconscious. This has not been lost on native filmmakers: Rainer Frimmel edited the… More >>

The Human Experience-ish: Day-in-a-Life Movies at Doc Fortnight The Human Experience-ish: Day-in-a-Life Movies at Doc Fortnight
By Nicolas Rapold

When is a movie more than a movie? When it's everything—or trying to be. Since early in cinema, a certain breed of panoramic nonfiction film has chased the dream of… More >>

Two Pals Fight Over Reese Witherspoon, and <i>This Means War</i> Sticks to the Script Two Pals Fight Over Reese Witherspoon, and This Means War Sticks to the Script
By Nick Pinkerton

Hostilities in This Means War are declared as two workmates compete for the affection of the same woman. The contested objective is Lauren (Reese Witherspoon), a product tester who decides… More >>

Group Dynamics: A Record of 35-plus Years of Experimental Theater at 33 Wooster Group Dynamics: A Record of 35-plus Years of Experimental Theater at 33 Wooster
By Melissa Anderson

Gertrude Stein once replied to an interviewer who couldn't make sense of her 1934 opera, Four Saints in Three Acts, "If you enjoy, you understand; if you understand, you enjoy."… More >>

<i>Thin Ice</i> Thin Ice
By Mark Holcomb

Working the long con and damn near getting away with it, this kissing cousin to Fargo, Cedar Rapids, and Win Win makes for a surprisingly entertaining and nonderivative February time-passer,… More >>

<i>Jess + Moss</i> Jess + Moss
By Benjamin Mercer

A beguilingly languid collection of sense impressions, Jess + Moss follows two cousins on opposite ends of adolescence as they pass a single summer together among the tobacco fields of… More >>

<i>Undefeated</i> Undefeated
By Michael Atkinson

An inspirational sports tearjerker in distilled form, this new Harvey-hawked doc lands in North Memphis, where the underfunded, all-black Manassas High School football team sucks wind so bad, they're a… More >>

<i>The Secret World of Arrietty</i> The Secret World of Arrietty
By Aaron Hillis

Synonymous with the humanistic, eco-minded, pastel-hued elegance of Japanese filmmaker and animation virtuoso Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited Away), Studio Ghibli, which Miyazaki co-founded, has earned its vaunted reputation as Disney's Pixar… More >>

<i>The Forgotten Space</i> The Forgotten Space
By Mark Holcomb

Epic in scope, intellectual agility, and the potential to induce panic and despair, this documentary exploration of global trade as an emblem of economic apocalypse avoids (just barely) doom-mongering by… More >>

<i>On the Ice</i> On the Ice
By Brian Miller

If I said "Eskimo hip-hop crime tale," would that send you running to the nearest sunny beach? Shot on location in far northern Alaska with a native cast and writer/director… More >>


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