Writer/director Raven Jackson’s debut feature reveals a perceptive and immensely talented filmmaker. The pleasures here are mainly mined from the visual and aural details.
The movie starts as a character study piece and slowly becomes a psychological thriller (kind of) where an artist is no longer the author of her fate.
People often talk about a piece of art being “timely.” Yet I doubt anyone involved in the preproduction of this drama could have imagined how, well, timely the movie would be.
Writer/director James Gray places a lot of responsibility on the slender shoulders of his young actors in this re-creation of his early 1980s upbringing.
As the sole lead, Jennifer Lawrence returns in her best film in years.
What happens when the comfort of an online relationship turns cold.
Both a cautionary tale and a commentary on the current mania for achievement.
A quiet, observant, and sympathetic character study with a standout performance by the always reliable Clifton Collins Jr.
Justine Bateman’s directorial debut opens up the inner life of a beautiful Hollywood executive struggling to shore up her self-esteem and claim the success she (this being Hollywood) deserves.