Adventureland is writer-director Greg Mottola’s follow-up to the hilarious Superbad which cast a rosy glow around the high-school experience and the friendships forged there, but with his second feature, Mottola takes a darker, more somber trip down memory lane to the time after college graduation.
Overeducated virgin, James (Jesse Eisenberg), is forced to [...]
Back to the Future is an excellent example of a traditional Hollywood blockbuster that really works. The story is formulaic and could easily fit into any of the by-the-numbers paradigms detailed exhaustively in screenwriting manuals everywhere, yet most people consider it one of the better movies from the 80’s. It’s still viewed affectionately [...]
If you’ve been feeling lonesome lately for your grunge rock days, the no-budget indie doc 1991: The Year Punk Broke is coming to the Walter Reade this May. In his self-produced film, director Dave Markey follows Nirvana and Sonic Youth on their 1991 European tour, offering up a view of Kurt Cobain and company [...]