Morris From America is a lovely little picture. It follows a classic coming-of-age arc, but it is persistently a story that is confident in…
Snowden is far from director Oliver Stone’s first foray into the political sphere, but it may be his most timely entry in a long…
Bridget Jones is back. And she’s here to break the sequel fatigue. It’s not just that Bridget and its star have been away…
The trailers for White Girl proudly trumpet this blurb: “The most explosive portrait of NYC youth since Kids.” But, what was (and is)…
We start this new series with a tribute to peak Meg Ryan-Tom Hanks-New York romantic comedy. That’s right, we watched You’ve Got Mail. If…
Several of us at We Write Things are obsessed with The Great British Baking Show/Bake Off. We eagerly await new episodes and I…
This week on Required Viewing we go from a sweet coming-of-age tale set in the New York ballet world to the dark, twisted,…
Clint Eastwood steps behind the camera once again with Sully, his first feature since the double dose of Jersey Boys and American Sniper…
Morgan is a horror sci-fi flick that looks at first blush to be another spin on an Ex Machina kind of story. It’s not. It’s quite…
Derek Cianfrance is an unusual director. And his films are unusually compelling, even when they don’t feel fully realized. His first, Blue Valentine,…