Sean Durkin is okay with the fact that his quiet, delicate, elegantly assembled debut feature freaks the living shit out of any number of viewers who encounter it. That’s the way the mild-mannered, genially bear...
I make this the lead story here only because it's Friday and I'm a huge fan of the gaming series. Not awards related in the slightest, but I really hope they don't screw it up. It looks like Sony has acquired ...
The 21st annual Gotham Independent Film Award nominations were announced this morning, effectively kicking off the precursor season. Alexander Payne's "The Descendants" and Sean Durkin's ...
The more you learn about Elizabeth Olsen's performance in Sean Durkin's "Martha Marcy May Marlene" the more remarkable it becomes. Whether talking to Durkin, her co-stars John Hawkes or Sarah Paulson or even...
The path for "Martha Marcy May Marlene" began way back at the Sundance Film Festival in January. In the cold chill of Park City, Utah, a dark yarn bewitched audiences and a breakout actress was announced to ...
With "The Tree of Life" on DVD and Blu-ray and "Martha Marcy May Marlene" opening in limited release on Friday, it seemed a good time to take stock of the best debut performances the cinema has to ...
Hunter McCracken and Elizabeth Olsen (left) give amazing performances in "The Tree of Life" and "Martha Marcy May Marlene" respectively this year. And in each case, it was their first at-bat. We us...
Fox Searchlight's "Martha Marcy May Marlene" opens in limited release later this week. The film is one of unraveling mystery, immaculately crafted and precisely performed. It's a rousing debut...
Boy is there nothing out there. It's quiet. Really quiet. Today's round-up was a scraping the barrel kind of thing. Yikes. The media blitz for "Martha Marcy May Marlene" is really picking up s...
You snooze you lose. I've been meaning to make note of Czech foreign film entry "Alois Nebel" for some time, as it is also an animated film that could figure into the animated feature race. Well Steve P...
