"The rare ability to make intelligent, entertaining cinema from hot-button current issues is beautifully illustrated by 'Lemon Tree,' a multifaceted drama straddling the Palestinian-Israeli chasm that's marbled with irony, generosity, anger and pure crowd-pleasing optimism," writes Variety's Derek E...
Read More »"Anytime you actually finish a film, I think it's a success. And to have that film seen and liked by audiences is the ultimate. I just hope to continue making and finishing films. And then get them seen," "Sugar" co-director Ryan Fleck told indieWIRE back in 2006 when his feature, "Half Nelson" hit ...
Read More »"I don't remember ever wanting to just haul out and punch a movie before 'Gigantic,'" Nick Pinkerton writes in his review of Matt Aselton's film for The Village Voice.
Read More »"Cool-headed, lighthearted and outrageously entertaining, 'Forbidden Lie$' is documentary-as-striptease, a careful peeling of claim and counterclaim to reveal one of the most complex literary scandals of our time," says the New York Times' Jeanette Catsoulis about Anna Broinowski's film, echoing the...
Read More »"It was while working on [TV series] ‘Undeclared’ that Greg Mottola came up with the idea for 'Adventureland,'" Jason Guerrasio wrote in his profile of Mottola for indieWIRE. "While trading stories about crappy first jobs with one of the writers, Mottola entertained as well as horrified the person w...
Read More »"Staking its success on a vibrant reproduction of 1930s Paris and a surfeit of nostalgic charm, Paris 36''s homage to a milieu and cinema of the past aims for let’s-put-on-a-show razzmatazz but disappointingly settles on being not much more than a pretty, pleasant diversion” writes Michael Joshua Ro...
Read More »EDITORS'S NOTE: This review was originally published as part of indieWIRE's coverage of the 2008 Sundance Film Festival
Read More »[An indieWIRE review from Reverse Shot.]
Read More »[Editor's Note: Eric Kohn reviewed Greg Mottola's "Adventureland" during indieWIRE's coverage of the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. Miramax Films is releasing the film this Friday.]
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