A film based on a true story about stories that aren't entirely true. Namely, the one told by disgraced journalist Mike Finkel (Jonah Hill) — fired by the New York Times after making a composite out of multiple abused Africans — and the one told by Christian Longo (James Franco) …
Was blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo (Bryan Cranston, enjoying himself) a self-serving, self-righteous Type A who confused the cause of social justice with his own desire to live well? Or was he a brilliant, pro-worker Good American who figured out how to keep the S.S. Good Conscience afloat during the Red …
Truth is, Oscar season is upon us and Robert Redford’s banking that his portrayal of journalist Dan Rather in Truth will set him free to take home a best supporting Oscar award. Cate Blanchett is always worth watching, even when her character as Rather’s producer never rises above that of …
The cloistered widow of a rock legend (Rebecca Miller) whose one-hit-wonder legacy she aims to protect, is stalked by a cheeky, “back East” college professor (Jason Sudeikis) shopping a scholarly tome. Minutes into their first sit down, she clicks off his recording device and snorts, “I don’t have to worry. …
An Indian operator marries a Canadian in order to immigrate to the West, only to discover that she likes to drink a bit. Directed by Shafi. In Malayalam.
If you're bored, go watch McGregor trash talk on YouTube. It's a trip. You know, if you're into that sort of thing.
Zeji Ozeri directs this documentary about Humberto Gurmilan, a quadriplegic seeking to return to the sea 20 years after a tragic surfing accident. In Spanish.
A Chicago inner city high teacher (Cobie Smulders), faced with her school closing, and her star student (Gail Bean) form a bond when both their home pregnancy sticks tests light pink. Cut out “un.” Everything you expect to happen does. With a 90-minute running time, Unexpected would fit comfortably, with …
On the anniversary of her death, a ghost crashes a chat room and permanently deletes the friends that drove her to suicide. Why leave home to stare at someone else’s MacBook for 85 minutes? Because director Levan Gabriadze embraces the gimmick – in the aeons-ago played-out found-footage-in-real-time tradition of Blair …
Twelve minutes after being struck by a pair of Japanese torpedos, the USS Indianapolis went belly up. Her sinking resulted in the greatest single loss of life at sea in U.S. Navy history. The survivors share their stories with documentarian Sara Vladic.
A sense of wistful nostalgia generated by Lindsay Buckingham’s iconic title tune playing under a series of amusing vacation photos faded along with the opening credits. Two newbies, John Francis Daley and Jonathan M. Goldstein, take a vacation from filmmaking and drop a holiday load in this unwatchable remake of …
Bring it on! The finals of the National High School Cheerleading Championship!