Miles (Paul Giamatti) is a middle-aged high school English teacher who is at his wit’s end. He has recently written a novel and is anxiously awaiting to hear a verdict as to whether he will be able to publish it. To get his mind off his daily distractions, Miles recruits his best friend, Jack (Thomas…

There are two ways to look at Good Times – the first is a relic of the 1960s, a time-capsule of a decade in which so much social and cultural change came about, made with the intention of simply entertaining audiences with its irreverent sense of humour and upbeat demeanour. The second is as a…

Sometimes, we need a film like Good Boys to remind us of the incredible power of foolishness. A film made from the perspective of almost complete narrative disregard, but done with the earnestness of someone who was intent only on entertaining more than contributing anything meaningful, it’s a wonderful exercise in escapism, where we can…

Tomas (Johannes Bah Kuhnke) and Ebba (Lisa Loven Kongsli) are a married Swedish couple that decide to take a short vacation in the French Alps, where they hope to spend a few days with their children (Clara Wettergren and Vincent Wettergren) skiing through the snow-white landscapes and appreciating the tranquillity of the gorgeous countryside. However,…

Tim Heidecker plays a fictionalized version of himself, a concert promoter who has recently been acquitted from a trial in which he was accused of inadvertently killing a large portion of the guests at one of his recent events. As a result of his disillusionment with the justice system, he decides to run for District…

Literary adaptations come in many different forms – there are those that remain very close to the source material, and those that update it, whether contemporizing it or just extracting a few general themes and infusing them into a more loosely-structured version of the story. Occasionally, there are adaptations that somehow manage to do both…

Annie (Scarlett Johansson) has just graduated college, where she was pursuing a degree in Anthropology, a subject that she was always passionate about, as evident in her fascination with the people around her and how the world is composed of many different intersecting lives. However, her prospects for the future are not as bright as…

Middle-aged Charlie Bubbles (Albert Finney) resents how famous he is. A world-renowned author who has dominated London as one of its great artists, he’s amassed fame and adoration from countless fans who are endeared to his unconventional style of writing and ability to tell a story that resonates with all of them. He decides that…

Two very different individuals collide unexpectedly, entering into the life of a complete stranger and finding an unconventional kinship is shared between them. One of them is Scott (Ben Schwartz), a young man who had been trying to realize his dream of becoming a famous stand-up comedian but was forced to leave Los Angeles when…

His recent output has made us collectively reevaluate the career of Adam Sandler, where his skills as a comedic actor, which were previously subjected to enormous disdain as a result of his vast amount of seeming-lacklustre work, being given another chance, with the clear conclusion being that, despite often appearing in awful films, Sandler as…