"Get a Grip" by Kathy Flann, Reviewed
This collection of short stories features characters so broken it's almost unbelievable.
View ArticleTouched With Fire, Reviewed
Mental illness is at the center of this sometimes-cutesy, sometimes-tragic indie romance.
View ArticleThe Club, Reviewed
Pablo Larrain's seedy drama explores the consequences of a group priests who give in to their most depraved desires.
View ArticleThe Wave, Reviewed
Scandinavian director Roar Uthaug channels American popcorn cinema in this skilled disaster film.
View ArticleDiane Rehm's On My Own, Reviewed
The eponymous WAMU host gets personal about her husband's death and advocacy with the Death with Dignity movement.
View ArticleEisenstein in Guanajuato, Reviewed
This frenzied, messy biopic of the legendary Russian director is grave need of some cinematic Adderall.
View ArticleKnight of Cups, Reviewed
Like his last few films, Terrence Malick's latest has twirling and whispers and beaches.
View ArticleEmbrace the Serpent, Reviewed
Colombia's failed Best Foreign Film bid is ambitious, but may leave some viewers scratching their head.
View ArticleNorthwoods by Bill Schweigart, Reviewed
This sequel to the horror novel "Beasts of Barcroft" takes its gore to the extreme.
View ArticleRemember and Creative Control, Reviewed
Two films deal with the manipulation of memory, whether it's due to illness or our own piggishness.
View ArticleEye in the Sky, Reviewed
Director Gavin Hood's latest is perhaps the best film about drone warfare ever made.
View ArticleThe Caped Crusade: Batman and the Rise of Nerd Culture by Glen Weldon, Reviewed
The history of the Dark Knight is also the history of our nerdy obsessions.
View ArticleBatman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and The Clan, Reviewed
On both large and small scales, two films explore the moral consequences of right and wrong--and the gray area in between. ?
View ArticleEverybody Wants Some!! and Born to Be Blue, Reviewed
Richard Linklater and Ethan Hawkes' latest films show that an artist can thrive without his muse, and vice versa.
View ArticleGhosts of Bergen County by Dana Cann, Reviewed
In Bethesda-based Dana Cann's debut novel explores life's biggest mystery: Why do bad things happen?
View ArticleColonia, Reviewed
Love, God, and the pursuit of happiness--at others peril--in Florian Gallenberger's latest.
View ArticleAuthor Cathy Alter Talks Celebrity Crushes and D.C. Writers
Remember Freddie Prinze, Jr.? In the third grade, I fell in love with him after seeing She’s All That at the movies. For months, I would play “Kiss Me” by Sixpence None The Richer on my boombox and...
View ArticleLouder Than Bombs, Reviewed
It may be a bit theatrical in its telling, but rarely feels unrealistic.
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