Critical Consensus is a biweekly feature in which two critics from Indiewire’s Criticwire Network discuss new releases with Indiewire’s chief film critic, Eric Kohn. In this edition, Grantland's Wesley Morris and Slate's Dana Stevens grapple with "Iron Man 3" and its relevance in film culture.
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Few Mexican filmmakers have achieved the global exposure of Carlos Reygadas, although he's not exactly a spokesperson for the country's allure. Reygadas' formally daring, visually inventive narratives present spectacular and frequently unsettling perspectives of Mexican life from the countryside to ...
Read More »What defines the ideal Tribeca film? This year's top winners suggest a potential answer.
Read More »Few actors carry over their onscreen persona from one project to another like Keanu Reeves. In recent years, however, his subdued demeanor has been virtually absent from American cinema, save for a handful of supporting roles and one vaguely interesting change of pace in the heist movie "Henry's Cri...
Read More »Why not give the documentary profiles their own space to shine? Given that this type of filmmaking can be found among countless new features each year, the festival's programmers may want to consider carving out a better space for them in the next edition. In the meantime, these movies still provide...
Read More »When Marina Zenovich made her 2008 doc "Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired," she had an angle on her subject that gave the film a sense of urgency even though it was centered around events that took place 30 years before. It wasn't a simple profile of Polanski, it was a look at his sexual abuse scan...
Read More »Crime is one of the great story hooks that movies have to offer us, playing some key role in any number new releases on a regular basis. Blockbuster formula tends to gloss over criminal activity in favor of black-and-white dualities: Good prevails over evil. The aliens are vanquished. The Avengers ...
Read More »Real life offers many stories worth telling and an increasingly affordable means of telling them, so it comes as no great surprise that great documentaries circulate more prevalently with each passing year. As usual, the sizable program at the Tribeca Film Festival is especially strong with non-fict...
Read More »Josh Fox's 2010 Oscar-nominated documentary "Gasland" compellingly exposed the damaging impact of a form of natural gas drilling called hydraulic fracturing, otherwise known as fracking, on small town America. Framed by Fox's wry perspective, the movie clearly demonstrated how fracking and the oil c...
Read More »If you've been entertained by internet cat videos -- and, let's face it, we all have -- chances are strong that you will find something amusing about "Lil Bub and Friendz." Then again, the entry point for appreciating this light-headed look at viral phenomena, produced by Vice's ever-expanding media...
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RT @indiewire: Michael Douglas tears up at #Cannes thanking #Soderbergh for the "gift" of playing Liberace following cancer battle http://t.co/NffrGDGyte
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Awesome new photos & director statement from Jim Jarmusch's Only Lovers Left Alive http://t.co/VpqtIbmokH @indiewire http://t.co/yMzPEwTg9s
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RT @indiewire: Michael Douglas tears up at #Cannes thanking #Soderbergh for the "gift" of playing Liberace following cancer battle http://t.co/NffrGDGyte
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RT @indiewire: Was last night's "energy serum"-infused episode of 'Mad Men' one of the @amctv drama's best? http://t.co/RIhggvtIFI
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