Search for Gain
When Rust and Bone tells a story of a woman's recovery from a devastating injury, it hits all the right notes, traveling a path that is poignant without being mawkish and triumphant without being saccharine. However, when it chronicles the life of...
U.S. Release Date: 2012-12-21
MPAA Rating: "R" (Sexual Content, Nudity, Profanity, Violence)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Jacques Audiard
Cast: Marion Cotillard, Matthias Schoenaerts, Armand Verdure, ...
There are really two separate problems with seeing movies in theaters. The first has to do with the setting; the second has to do with other patrons. Many theaters have extremely poor quality control. They do not properly calibrate their sound ...
I find myself trapped between the belief that all film critics should write something about Oscar nominations and the assertion that all articles about Oscar nominations are inherently dull. I have read probably a dozen Oscar related columns during ...
A period piece thriller set during the Great Depression, The Weight echoes aspects of the classic The Wages of Fear without being a copy and suffers only from the occasional too-obvious contrivance used to increase suspense. Director Padraic McKin...
U.S. Release Date: 2026-09-18
MPAA Rating: "R" (Language and some violence/bloody images)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Padraic McKinley
Cast: Ethan Hawke, Russell Crowe, Julia Jones, ...
Wassup Rockers could easily be seen as an attempt by maverick director Larry Clark to approach the mainstream. With Kids, Clark began his directorial career mired in scandal. (The Weinsteins had to spin off Excalibur Films because Miramax was prohib...
U.S. Release Date: 2006-06-23
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Violence, Sexual Situations)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Larry Clark
Cast: Jonathan Velasquez, Francisco Pedrasa, Milton Velasquez, ...