This sharply written dark comedy finds serious laughs in the bleak and blood-soaked journey of an absolutely unfunny "comedian."
“Everything I learned I learned from the movies.”
― Audrey Hepburn
'Tower' review: Gripping, intense doc recounts America's first school shooting
This intense documentary leverages powerful first-hand accounts and rotoscoped animation to truly convey the terror and uncertainty of a campus paralyzed by America's first school shooting.
Review: 'The Night Stalker'
Is it possible to make a flat, lumbering and tedious film about a notorious serial killer? The answer is yes.
Interview: Filmmaker Sterlin Harjo on his Native American suspense drama 'Mekko'
Writer-director discusses the state of independent film and what inspired his suspense-drama "Mekko."
Film review: 'Paralytic'
For better or worse, this page-turner of a movie that resorts to a grab bag of gimmicks to maintain its hold on the audience's attention.
'Weiner' review: A riotous, cringe-worthy & astute swipe at politics & the media
The brilliance of this documentary is not just its merciless take on the scandal itself - but its entertaining and gripping behind-the-scenes look at a campaign team in constant damage control while supporting a candidate who is apparently intent on self destructing.
Film review: 'The Pistol Shrimps'
They may not dunk or go 10-for-10 from behind the arc, but these athletes are serious about basketball and they absolutely ball hard.
Film review: 'Finding Babel'
This somber and haunting documentary offers an evocative look back at Isaac Babel, an acclaimed artist that also serves as a cautionary tale for the modern world.
Interview: 'Finding Babel' director David Novack
Despite the fact that the Russian playwright, journalist and author has been dead for more than 75 years, filmmaker David Novack believes Babel is as relevant today as he was in the 1920s.
'Kedi' movie review: Compelling, satisfying look at the lives of street cats
First and foremost, this documentary about cats isn't merely for cat people.
'Love & Friendship' review: Jane Austen's hilariously barbed, witty comedy
Although this may not be among Jane Austen’s best known works, this adaptation is arguably the strongest translation of Austen to the cinema yet.
SIFF 2016 interview: 'If There's a Hell Below' director Nathan Williams
Director Nathan Williams discusses why he filmed his dramatic thriller in the desolate stretches of Washington state.
'The Last King' review: Part history lesson, part thrilling action adventure
The origin of Haakon IV of Norway is the stuff of legend. The story is every bit extraordinary as it is unbelievable
Review: 'Full Court' is a candid, inspiring look at the life of Spencer Haywood
This inspiring and candid documentary takes a strong case why every true student of basketball should know the name Spencer Haywood.
'Café Society' review: Kristen Stewart shines in breezy Woody Allen rom-com
Woody Allen's latest comedy is breezy and entertaining romp through the glitz of old Hollywood.
'High-Rise' film review: Class warfare themes lost amid thin plot, characters
While its cynical insights into modernity are intriguing (if obvious), this film is a little too scatterbrained to deliver its ambitious damning indictment against social elitism.
'Captain America: Civil War' review: Fun, dramatic battle between allies
Make no mistake, this is not merely some sort of half-baked "Avengers 2.5."
Movie review: 'Papa: Hemingway in Cuba'
The gradual unravelling of Ernest Hemingway set against the Cuban revolution deserves a better film treatment than this clunky and deeply troubled docudrama.
'Mother's Day' review: A-list cast can't save uninspired, sappy & lazy mess
Director Garry Marshall's latest ensemble comedy is a terribly flawed movie -- but it has one critical and fundamental flaw: it is simply not funny.