January 21, 2014 at 11:41 am
Jan 21: Watch – ‘Life Is Beautiful’ On Netflix
Snow is falling like crazy and we doubt you really want to trek out into the vast unknown to find that your train has been rerouted ...
January 20, 2014 at 10:00 am
Oscars Musings: Mourning Llewyn; Welcoming King McQueen
Studying at a university in Rome, my brother took an American History course in which the Italian professor firmly believed in a ...
January 20, 2014 at 8:00 am
Jan 20: Watch – ‘SherryBaby’ on Netflix
Watch – ‘SherryBaby’ on Netflix
Feel a little better about your fuck ups by watching Maggie Gyllenhaal continuously ...
January 15, 2014 at 8:00 am
Jan 15: Watch – Netflix Double Feature With ‘Into The Wild’ and ‘The Virgin Suicides’
Netflix Double Feature With ‘Into The Wild’ and ‘The Virgin Suicides’
Two movies based on books about people ...
January 14, 2014 at 2:35 pm
Pour l’amour de l’art: 11 French Films to Watch
Every film buff will tell you, whether solicited or not, that French cinema is some of the best cinema of all time. It is grand in ...
January 13, 2014 at 8:00 am
Jan 13: Watch – ‘In Bloom’ @ Angelika Film Center 7:45pm ($14)
Jan 13: Watch – ‘In Bloom’ @ Angelika Film Center 7:45pm ($14)
This Georgian film about two young girls is already ...
January 6, 2014 at 12:54 pm
Jan 6: Watch – Netflix Double Feature with ‘Blue In The Face’ and ‘Manhattan’
Netflix Double Feature with Blue In The Face and Manhattan
New York. Love it or hate it, it is the concrete jungle where dreams are ...
January 2, 2014 at 12:51 pm
Jan 2: Watch – ‘Upstream Color’ On Netflix
“Upstream Color” On Netflix
Start the year off with a mind fuck provided by Shane Carruth who directed, starred in, and ...
December 26, 2013 at 12:17 pm
Review: “The Punk Singer”
Before Beyoncé reminded us all who “run the world” (girls) and Pussy Riot steered the limelight toward the ongoing ...
December 17, 2013 at 2:49 pm
Seven Movies Not Worth Missing in 2014
Ranked alpabetically for a smidge of objectivity:
1.
“THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL”
A rotating cast of identifiably kooky Wes ...
December 16, 2013 at 11:56 am
Dec 16: Watch ‘The Future’ On Netflix
Who knew that quitting your job and completely disconnecting from the internet could be so ...
December 9, 2013 at 10:38 am
Dec 9: Watch ‘Heathers’ on Netflix
Heathers on Netflix
Nothing says “I hate Mondays” like killing your best ...
December 2, 2013 at 2:35 pm
Review and Interview: Reaching for the Moon
With all the recent focus on another doomed love story featuring two women titled “Blue…what’s it’s name again?,” some of ...
December 2, 2013 at 11:35 am
Dec 2: Watch ‘Requiem For A Dream’ On Netflix
Requiem For A Dream On Netflix
Wipe out the warm and fuzzy feelings Thanksgiving gave you with this fucked up tale that will make you ...
November 21, 2013 at 2:19 pm
Review: ‘Everybody Street’
When Joel Meyerowitz first picked up a camera for an errant work assignment, he promptly marched back to his employer and quit his ...
November 8, 2013 at 1:14 pm
Review: ‘Kill Your Darlings’
A Separate Peace, Good Will Hunting, Dead Poets Society, The History Boys…I could go on. I love these kinds of movies. Maybe ...
November 4, 2013 at 2:08 pm
Nov 4: Netflix Double Feature with ‘Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind’ and ‘Donnie Darko’
Netflix Double Feature with Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Donnie Darko
Tonight, we’re embracing the darkness that ...
November 4, 2013 at 12:17 pm
Review: ‘Blue Is The Warmest Color’
Abdellatif Kechiche’s dramatic depiction of a lesbian relationship has been surrounded by controversy for months now. Sex! ...
October 20, 2013 at 5:56 pm
Review: ’12 Years a Slave’
Are you only looking for a rip-roaring comedy? Please don’t go see “12 Years a Slave” then. But really, everyone should go see ...
September 23, 2013 at 11:16 am
Enough Said is a Goodbye Hug to James Gandolfini
May as well admit it right off the bat: Enough Said is the perfect movie to watch with your parents. It’s emotion-driven, poignant, ...
September 13, 2013 at 1:41 pm
Review: Drinking Buddies Creates Complicated Coupling
The natural, easy banter between Kate (Olivia Wilde) and Luke (New Girl’s Jake Johnson), two friends working at a craft brewery, ...
September 12, 2013 at 3:28 pm
‘Lovelace’ Engages, But Don’t Look for a Careful Critique of the Porn Industry
Peter Sarsgaard and Amanda Seyfriend in ‘Lovelace’ (Courtesy of Radius-TWC)
Much as a movie about Deep Throat practically ...
August 27, 2013 at 8:00 am
Relax and Rolex: The Casual Face of Genocide in “The Act of Killing”
Speechless as it may leave you, there’s plenty to say about Joshua Oppenheimer’s 2012 opus, The Act of Killing, which ...
August 14, 2013 at 5:26 pm
Review: Frances Ha Is Painfully Familiar And Funny
It’s taken me a while to write my review of director Noah Baumbach’s latest film Frances Ha because I relate too strongly to the ...
July 13, 2013 at 11:00 am
Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me
Alex Chilton, Jody Stephens, Chris Bell and Andy Hummel in BIG STAR: NOTHING CAN HURT ME, a Magnolia Pictures release. Photo courtesy ...
July 3, 2013 at 10:27 pm
NYAFF 2013 Film Festival Review
When a Wolf Falls in Love with a Sheep
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June 27, 2013 at 3:27 pm
Cry Your Eyes Out with ‘A Band Called Death’
ABCD members and brothers, David Hackney, Bobby Hackney Sr and Dannis Hackney. Image courtesy of Drafthouse Films
In 2009, Drag ...
June 18, 2013 at 12:05 pm
20 Feet from Stardom — Heartbreak and Harmony
Darlene Love in TWENTY FEET FROM STARDOM / Still courtesy of RADiUS-TWC
“You get hooked on music, you’re fucked.” David Lasley, ...
June 10, 2013 at 1:54 pm
Review: The Kings of Summer
Get ready to take a nostalgic trip back to high school in The Kings of Summer. The indie dramedy tells the story of Joe (Nick ...
May 29, 2013 at 2:48 pm
‘Paradise: Love’ — Mostly Business, Little Pleasure
Teresa (Margarethe Tiesel) strolls towards some “Beach Boys” in Ulrich Seidl’s PARADISE: LOVE / Photo courtesy of Strand ...
May 29, 2013 at 2:14 pm
Utopia is still a human affair in ‘The Source Family’
Source Family women pose for a promotional photo for the Ya Ho Wa 13 record release, Los Angeles, 1973 / Photo courtesy Isis ...
May 15, 2013 at 5:03 pm
Stay Up to Catch ‘Before Midnight’
SPOILER ALERT – Fans of Before Sunrise and Before Sunset, beware and scroll to the end!
If half of lovers’ arguments could go ...
May 6, 2013 at 10:28 pm
Review: The Place Beyond The Pines
Ryan Gosling in The Place Beyond The Pines / Image courtesy of Focus Features
Don’t expect a crime thriller when you see The Place ...
May 5, 2013 at 2:38 pm
Director Li Lu Wants to Make Film About The Brutal Realities of Your 20s
Editor’s Note: Filmmaker Li Lu and I have known each other for years, and I have always found her knack for storytelling and ...
April 17, 2013 at 1:06 pm
Review: Beasts of the Southern Wild
It is not often that I weep at the end of a film; the only movies I’ve ever cried during were Edward Scissorhands and the equally ...
April 17, 2013 at 12:57 pm
Review: Meet the Fokkens
I’m tempted to advise that anyone who decides to see Meet the Fokkens watch it on mute because the Dutch language might be the ...
April 9, 2013 at 12:53 pm
The Bling Ring: Lifestyles of the Rich & Infamous
In the summer release of the film The Bling Ring, we’ll see Emma Watson’s transition into a full-fledged actress ...
March 28, 2013 at 5:28 pm
Celeste and Jesse Forever
Rashida Jones and Andy Samberg in Celeste and Jesse Forever / Sony Pictures Classics
Celeste and Jesse Forever tells the story of a ...
February 25, 2013 at 9:55 pm
Congrats to PAPERMAN!
Fellow Alt Citizen writer Alex and I skipped the Oscars last night to go to see the hilarious John Mulaney, but I was thrilled that ...
August 2, 2012 at 2:00 pm
Take this Waltz
Movie Spotlight: Take This Waltz
In this beautiful yet subtle take on relationships and adulthood, Michelle Williams stars as ...