VIDEO ESSAY: Wake Up: Spike Lee's Vital "Chi-Raq"

Normally, I don’t do voiceovers for my video essays. I tend to let the audio samples and images speak for themselves; I suppose t…

VIDEO: Honorable Mentions and the 20 #BestFilmsOf2015

[Scroll to the bottom for the video] Honorable Mentions (in no particular order): Jurassic World, Star Wars: Episode VII - The F…

The 25 Best Films of 2014

Under The Skin - Directed by Jonathan Glazer Whiplash - Directed by Damien Chazelle Selma - Directed by Ava …

Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)

Michael Bay’s “Transformers: Age of Extinction” is a 170-minute endurance test thud thud thuding loud as slick CGI and slo-mo exp…

Jean-Luc Godard: "Every Edit Is A Lie"

Radical French New Wave filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard is still one of the leading figures in the movement to challenge and transform…

"You'll Never Work In This Town Again!"--And Why That Really Shouldn't Bother You

There was a time when the movie theatre--a temple for the cinema--was a physically domineering social hub for people; up until th…

Why Mass Digital Distribution Calls For Even More DIY Marketing & Self Promotion

It was only a matter of time before the big fish in the pond began seeing the incredible potential in digital distribution and …