Tim Jackson
The impish comedy and refreshingly realistic perspective of Dope questions easy answers to pressing racial problems.
Read MoreThe Safdie brothers are willing to look at hard truths, creating a movie that retains the immediacy and the tragedy of addiction.
Read MoreMaking Archie’s Betty compelled Gerald Peary to confront his inner Archie: “The more I made this movie, the more personal it got.
Read MoreThe revolution may be televised, but it is also going to be packaged and sold back to us.
Read MoreIt is Kristen Wiig’s committed performance, along with director Shira Piven’s skill at comic timing, that grounds the satiric comedy’s absurd premise.
Read MoreLambert & Stamp will resonate with musicians who have experienced the volatile give-and-take that is needed to sustain and nurture a rock and roll band.
Read More“We’ve let too many valuable creative people leave for Brooklyn, Austin, and Portland. We need to do something about that.”
Read MoreThe puckish, irrepressible personality of James Randi — magician, escape artist, debunker of seers, psychics, and all things paranormal — is at the zesty heart of this memorable documentary.
Read MoreThe late Albert Maysles once said: “I don’t see, frankly, trying to make a film to create better understanding. Our motivations for making films aren’t intellectual ones.”
Read MoreDirector and writer Damián Szifrón fills his tales with lethal ironies and jarring twists of fate that build with relentless momentum to resolutions that somehow manage to be both horrid and comical.
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