181 stories by "Tim Jackson"
The actors draw you in, so there is no need for extraneous exposition as the film carefully examines the ironies of the Brazilian class system.
When they watch Black Mass what are Bostonians seeing? A strange blend of reality and mythology.
"An Annie Baker pause is about the people themselves, beating themselves up, figuring out what to say next."
Ricki and the Flash is a film that is bad enough to hurt a lot of reputations.
Pulitzer Prize-winner Annie Baker's John is a haunting feminist drama about women and madness.
The entertaining and inspiring Jimmy's Hall is more playful than some of director Ken Loach's previous, more radical-leaning efforts.
A quartet of summer films that range from the excellent to the not-so-bad and the ugly.
Reviews of four strong independent films that may -- or may not -- be coming to a screen near you.
The impish comedy and refreshingly realistic perspective of Dope questions easy answers to pressing racial problems.
The Safdie brothers are willing to look at hard truths, creating a movie that retains the immediacy and the tragedy of addiction.
Making Archie's Betty compelled Gerald Peary to confront his inner Archie: "The more I made this movie, the more personal it got.
The revolution may be televised, but it is also going to be packaged and sold back to us.
It is Kristin Wiig's committed performance, along with director Shira Piven's skill at comic timing, that grounds the satiric comedy's absurd premise.
Lambert & Stamp will resonate with musicians who have experienced the volatile give-and-take that is needed to sustain and nurture a rock and roll band.
"We've let too many valuable creative people leave for Brooklyn, Austin, and Portland. We need to do something about that."
The puckish, irrepressible personality of James Randi -- magician, escape artist, debunker of seers, psychics, and all things paranormal -- is at the zesty heart of this memorable documentar…
The late Albert Maysles once said: "I don't see, frankly, trying to make a film to create better understanding. Our motivations for making films aren't intellectual ones."
Director and writer Damián Szifrón fills his tales with lethal ironies and jarring twists of fate that build with relentless momentum to resolutions that somehow manage to be both horr…
Underground director Emile de Antonio saw films as "a way to make art out of political raw material."
Brandy Burre is a trained actress who is artfully aware of the camera and its power: the director uses her skill as a performer to animate the film.
These are good people who have grown up playing country and pop music and are committed to giving the people what they want.
I don't want to give anything away. Not that I could because I really had no idea what anyone was talking about, except that what it is really all about is love.
Hoax_Canular contains many troubling glimpses into private worlds, intimate visions of radical insecurity that are baffling, frightening, and flat-out bizarre.
Nightcrawler is a vicious satire of the high stakes required to survive in an American free enterprise system where losers are kicked to the curb and winners take all.
Whiplash and Birdman -- two of the best films released this year.
