'buck' review

Buck is a documentary about Buck Brannaman, a modern-day cowboy who teaches people how to train their horses. He's a soft-spoken man who...

'page one: a year inside the new york times' review

I found Page One: A Year Inside the New York Times to be a pretty fascinating film. But I'm a bit of a media nerd. Will normal humans b...

best coast - goodbye

"I've had people say, 'Oh, your voice is reminiscent of Liz Phair.' And I take that as a huge compliment, but I don't ...

'the trip' review

Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon play fictional versions of themselves in The Trip , a funny and oddly touching little comedy about two friends d...

'super 8' review

While I was watching Super 8 , I was thinking a lot about Fringe , the sci-fi show J.J. Abrams co-created that I used to recap for Vulture ...

jessica lea mayfield - our hearts are wrong

Jessica Lea Mayfield turns 22 in August. I seem incapable of escaping her new-ish single, "Our Hearts Are Wrong," no matter where ...

'film socialisme' review

You may remember that I first saw Jean Luc-Godard's Film Socialisme last year during AFI Fest . (It didn't go so well: The digital ...