Film Review

Sundance Review: “Computer Chess”

Sundance Review: “Computer Chess”

“Everything is not everything. There’s more.” Andrew Bujalski’s masterful dark comedy about an early 80’s programming convention.

CHRISTIAN’S FAVORITE FILM FROM THE 2012 SUMMER SERIES

CHRISTIAN’S FAVORITE FILM FROM THE 2012 SUMMER SERIES

Our intern Christian picks her favorite film of the summer-Only the Young.

DETROPIA – Leah’s Favorite of the Summer

DETROPIA – Leah’s Favorite of the Summer

Leah, one of Rooftop Film’s interns, explains why Detropia was her favorite screening this summer series.

The Boys of Summer in This Ain’t California

The Boys of Summer in This Ain’t California

Our intern Samantha Hill picks This Ain’t California as her favorite film of the summer.

If You Haven’t Yet Seen ‘The Imposter’…

If You Haven’t Yet Seen ‘The Imposter’…

Bart Layton’s ‘The Imposter’ playing now at Sunshine Cinema. Don’t miss out!

Sundance Review: The Cynical Hope of “The Comedy”

Sundance Review: The Cynical Hope of “The Comedy”

The Comedy is a fiction film about a self-absorbed, filthy-rich, entitled, obnoxious, lazy hipster who goes around insulting his friends and condescending to strangers—and I genuinely, deeply cared about him.

Slamdance Review: Heavy Girls

Slamdance Review: Heavy Girls

Heavy Girls (Dicke Maedchen) is a touching unconventional love story about Sven, his dementia suffering mother Edeltraut and her married male home care worker Daniel.

Sundance Review: Beasts of the Southern Wild

Sundance Review: Beasts of the Southern Wild

A myth is brewing. A storm is a-coming. The beasts are rising. A radical work of cinematic passion, Beasts of the Southern Wild does what cinema was made to do: dazzle, inspire, confound.

Why You Too Will Like “UNDEFEATED”

Why You Too Will Like “UNDEFEATED”

Undefeated has the power to make a football fan out of you.

NYFF: A Lazy Review of THE STUDENT (EL ESTUDIANTE)

NYFF: A Lazy Review of THE STUDENT (EL ESTUDIANTE)

Review of Santiago Mitre’s debut feature THE STUDENT, which made its NY Premiere at the NYFF.

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