Eclectic Espionage Ben Affleck's "Argo" is a deeply satisfying picture with an emotional current that sizzles your senses into shock and awe.
A Stupendous Mechanism“Frankenweenie” is an incredible piece of moving art, well suited for adults and younger audiences, but particularly for Burton fans, who will appreciate the homage to classic monster films.
Closing the Loop Old Joe has been through the loops of life; Young Joe has barely started.
Accepting the LegacyOn the 50th anniversary of James Meredith's enrollment at Ole Miss, Mississippi Public Broadcasting presents "Integrating Ole Miss: James Meredith and Beyond," a film about how the event shaped the future of the university.
No Rules for Money You may wonder why anyone would invest time, money and energy in making a film about such a loathsome character.
Promises, Promises "The Words" is a literary movie. I mean that all too literally. This film, written and directed by Brian Klugman and Lee Sternthal, tells a story of an author who has written a book called "The Words."
Guts, Gore and Survival I received a call on my cell phone when I was cabbing through some now-forgotten city for a deposition.
In Search of an Honest PortrayalGreg Gandy, Vincent Chaney and Lauren Cioffi are making a documentary about Mississippi subcultures to "show the transition from the older generation's set of cultures to the younger generation's."
In Search of an Honest PortrayalThe subSIPPI team leans into a computer screen, entranced by film footage of Jackson's Urban Gardening initiative.
Road Trippin' I admit that I had a complete lack of interest in seeing "Hit and Run," a low-budget movie written, co-directed, co-edited, co-produced and starring Dax Shepard.
Treasuring 'Sparkle' Directed by Salim Akil ("Jumping the Broom") from a screenplay written by Mary Brock Akil, "Sparkle" centers on a middle class matriarchal household in Detroit in 1968, though the civil-rights landscape barely infiltrates this musical melodrama.
Seven Minutes, Two Days The 48 Hour Film Project is no walk in the park. On the weekend of Aug. 17-19 when filmmakers gather in the capital city to participate in this exhaustive competition, they will have no idea what's ahead for them.
Laugh 'Til You Cry "The Campaign" squares off Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis as opposing candidates running for a U.S. congressional seat from the Tar Heel State of North Carolina.
Fitting TogetherQuvenzhane Wallis stars as Hushpuppy in "Beasts of the Southern Wild," set in the fictional town of Bathtub in the Louisiana bayou.