As we venture into the heart – and heat – of summer, the upcoming awards season may not be the most prominent thing on our minds. But with ...

This week on Hit me with your best shot , we took a foray into the New German Cinema movement, which lasted roughly from 1962 to 1982. This...

Avishai Sivan’s "Tikkun" – winner of several festival awards last year – opens with a slaughter. Not a vindictive homicide howeve...

Everyone loves a comeback. Indeed, our obsession with seeing actors reinvent themselves has lead to the coining of portmanteaus like the Mc...

This week on Hit me with your best shot , we went for something small scale with the short film "Trevor". But this excellent Osca...

For as long as civilization has existed and into the foreseeable future, there will always be pressure on individuals to “fit in”. Particul...

Earlier this year, American Idol aired its final episode after years of dominating the TV ratings. The phenomenon was the most successful o...

In our era of hashtag activism, it's easier to complain about what's wrong with society and culture, rather than celebrating the mo...

Ever since its premiere at the 2015 Venice Film Festival, Anna Rose Holmer's "The Fits" has been quietly building acclaim alon...

As Tiffany “Pennsatucky” Doggett – the character played by Taryn Manning in "Orange is the New Black" – can attest, there’s a dif...