

'The Overnight' (2015) Forces "George and Martha" into a Modern-Day Sex Comedy--An
Few films better capture the complexity (and the torment) of long-term marriages than the late Mike Nichols's adaptation of Who's Afraid...


Though Slow At Times, 'Results' (2015) Ultimately Delivers
Writer/director Andrew Bujalski's Sundance feature, Results (2015) divided critics upon its premiere at the festival last year. The film,...


'The DUFF' (2014) Falls Just Short of Teen Comedy Canonization
"You see us as you want to see us - in the simplest terms, in the most convenient definitions. But what we found out is that each one of...


Wiig-ing Out Over Kristen in 'Welcome to Me' (2014)
SNL veteran Kristen Wiig is best known for a brand of comedy I like to think of as the "awkward-creepy girl." Who could forget her SNL...


Hidden Gem: 'Copenhagen' (2014)
There's something about films set in the summer months that makes them resonate with a sort of tension, a push-pull between the seemingly...


'Pitch Perfect' and the Rise of the Gross Girl
This past weekend, the seemingly impossible has happened. A group of better-than-average-looking, a capella singing, vulgar-mouthed women...


Lots of Life in 'Me & Earl & the Dying Girl' (2015)
When I first heard the plot summary of director Alfonso Gomez-Rejon's latest film, Me & Earl & the Dying Girl, my first thought was that...