I'm really torn on this doc. Technically, it's fine - the idea of avoiding talking heads by using clips from The Shining and other films to illustrate the various points made is great, as is the editing together of said clips. But the theories themselves will make your head spin. There are some that are easy enough to digest and then there are the certifiably insane ones. On the other hand, I can't say that I myself haven't concocted my…

In the opening scene of The Place Beyond the Pines, we follow Ryan Gosling's character through a wonderful continuous shot as he makes his way through a carnival and ends up getting on a motorcycle along with two other riders, and finally getting in a cage of death, where the three of them go in circles, in different directions, sometimes passing each other, sometimes following each other's tracks. The camera stays on this for a moment and the cuts to…

During 2012, there was more than one instance of a renowned film critic declaring the death of cinema. But I think it’s safe to say that while Quentin Tarantino is making films as great as Django Unchained, we can dispose of any such notion. There’s a lot to say about Tarantino’s epic dissection of slavery, but simply put, Django Unchained is cinema through and through.

To not put it simply, with this film, Tarantino cements his position as modern cinema’s…

I like CHRONICLE, I really do. But I bet had it not been done in the found footage format, I would have loved it. It's an original superhero story mashed with CARRIE and with just the right amount of Amblin spirit mixed in. And the gimmicky aesthetic just damn near ruins it. I'll give director Josh Trank some credit for cleverly going around the limitations of the format, especially in the end, but all that effort just begs the question…