Author: Leah Steuer

An Education should serve as such to any filmmaker looking to respectfully illustrate a May-December romance.Actually, the romance between 16-year-old Jenny and 30-something David falls more squarely into Lolita territory, but director Lone Scherfig and writer Nick Hornby artfully steer the film away from the popular gut reaction to borderline

For all the metaphor surrounding her name, Precious Jones doesn’t seem to mean much to the creators of this eponymous film. Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire has been exhaustively hyped as an intense viewing experience, a tale of grit and redemption. In many ways, however, Precious is

Sandwiched between puzzled young children and stoic parents, I found myself similarly deflated after viewing Spike Jonze’s adaptation of the Maurice Sendak classic, Where the Wild Things Are . Dazzling visuals dress up sentimental stock characters; occasionally witty dialogue sails over the young hero’s head entirely; raucous modern rock songs

A few pounds heavier and bereft of his usual face scruff, Michael Moore still manages to be an imposing figure as he waddles with purpose into the lives of unsuspecting business executives. His new documentary, Capitalism: A Love Story , doggedly pursues the meat of an American disaster in true

This is a strange review for me to write, having had the privilege to hear director John Krasinski speak about the process and goals of the movie. Receiving such a thorough and fascinating context directly after viewing Brief Interviews with Hideous Men had its pros and cons—I was able to

After seeing a screening of Brief Interviews with Hideous Men,John Krasinski’s directorial debut, I had the remarkable opportunity to sit down with Krasinski for a brief interview of his own. I was truly honored by his candor and inspired by his strength in making this film. Read on to learn

While perusing the Laemmle’s cinematic offerings for fall 2009, I was not at all surprised to find myself most excited for dumb, rip-roaring fare like Jennifer’s Body. I have come to detest cleverness in movies; I have been drowning in it since the meteoric rise of the Indie genre (read:

Nestled among the musty industrial complexes of Farmingdale, New York, the actual Adventureland doesn’t so much glitter with whimsy as it pulses dully in the summer heat. I grew up less than a mile away from its creaky gates and was aware of its overt air of decay from young