Looking Back at 'Lord of the Rings'

We're mere days away from the release of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey . (You can read my review here .) For Deadspin , I decided to...

2012 in Review: Why I Love the Ending of 'The Grey'

Continuing with our series of end-of-the-year pieces, Will Leitch and I today took a moment to write about our favorite movie scene of 2012....

Happy Thanksgiving: Some Thoughts on 'Hannah and Her Sisters'

Just about every year right after Thanksgiving passes, I'll think, "You know, I should have watched Hannah and Her Sisters ." ...

Hell Yeah Ang Lee

Oscar-winning director Ang Lee will be releasing Life of Pi  on Wednesday. My review will be coming out closer to that time, but meanwhile l...

'Anna Karenina' Goes Beyond the Gimmicks

I missed Anna Karenina  in Toronto, but I wasn't exactly wowed by the idea of director Joe Wright taking the Tolstoy novel and staging i...

Oscar Season > Election Season

The headline to this post is pathetically simplistic, I realize, but for IFC Fix I thought about the ways in which Oscar campaigns are pref...

The Crazy Career of David O. Russell

In the late '90s, David O. Russell was looked at as one of a crop of new American filmmakers (along with David Fincher, Wes Anderson, Qu...

Falling in Love With '28 Hotel Rooms'

Months after attending this year's Sundance, it occurs to me that my two favorite films at the festival had something in common -- and ...

On Being a Horror Wuss

Because it's Halloween, I decided for this week's IFC Fix column to own up to the fact that horror movies used to freak me out as a...

Checking In With 'The Sessions'

When I saw The Surrogate back at Sundance, I liked it with some reservations. I wanted to revisit the film before it came out, and so the t...

What Am I Going to Do With You, Kevin James?

For years, I've been convinced that Kevin James could be a movie star: He's got a light touch and a sweetness that's rare. Unfor...

I Heart 'Paranormal Activity'

I've reviewed every sequel in the Paranormal Activity franchise for Screen International , and I'm happy to say I'll be doing th...

Your Buddy Ben Affleck

With Argo about ready to come out, I decided to write about the remarkable, unlikely comeback that Ben Affleck has orchestrated over the la...

'Wuthering Heights' and Andrea Arnold

Director Andrea Arnold has made three films, each of them distinctive and resonant. Her latest, an adaptation of Wuthering Heights , impress...

'9.79*' and the Return of ESPN's "30 for 30" Series

"dying to find out sports fans are so full of themselves that they call those 60-minute ESPN 'Behind The Music'-but-sports thin...

'Glengarry Glen Ross' Is 20 Years Old

Glengarry Glen Ross is certainly in the running for best films adapted from plays. I can't quite believe that the film came out October ...

Jennifer Lawrence Will Get Over 'House at the End of the Street' Just Fine

I skipped House at the End of the Street , but today for Gawker I decided to do a little status report on the state of her career. Any excu...

In Praise of Joaquin Phoenix

I loved The Master and in particular was impressed with Joaquin Phoenix. This is the best work of his career, which is saying something. Fo...

In Praise of Paul Thomas Anderson

I haven't seen The Master yet, so I decided to write at length about Paul Thomas Anderson's legacy to this point. Yes, that's o...

Why Oscar Season Is Great (Despite All the Evidence to the Contrary)

Because of the glut of websites and industries that have cropped up around the Academy Awards, it's natural to feel pretty cynical about...