The very title of writer and director Cristian Mungiu’s Beyond the Hills suggests a mysterious, almost mythical, place, barely visible and rarely explored. Indeed, the film — primarily set in an...

If Park Chan-wook’s Oldboy is a Korean parable that recognizes the limits of knowing ourselves, particularly the nature of our inner desires, then Stoker is a retelling of that visceral odyssey...

There may be no one person more responsible for the rise of the independent movie scene than Steven Soderbergh. His landmark feature Sex, Lies, and Videotape was an effective psychological thriller,...

There is very little that can be explained about Tom Twyker and Lana and Andy Wackowski’s new film Cloud Atlas, which was released on Oct. 26. This confusion is almost expected given the dense material...

There is nothing hidden in The Five-Year Engagement. The title itself practically gives away what is going to happen in the end to Tom Solomon (Jason Segel) and Violet Barnes (Emily Blunt). Nicholas Stellar,...

Recently, The Daily Free Press reviewed The Hunger Games, a fantastical depiction of child-on-child violence. This week, somewhat ironically, we review Bully, a documentary presented to raise awareness...

The opening sequence of The Deep Blue Sea perfectly encapsulates what is both good and frustrating about Terence Davies’s post-World War II drama. A graceful, fluid camera follows the event and aftermath...

Before last week’s screening of The Hunger Games, I asked several critics in the theater whether they had read the books. None of them had, and to be honest, I had yet to pick up a copy myself. After...

By David Karikomi, Muse Staff Writer Oren Moverman’s sophomore directorial feature, Rampart, does little to separate itself from its contemporaries in the cop-noir genre—it’s gritty, overpowering...

By Michela Smith & MUSE Contributors The Academy Awards hold a simultaneously alluring and frustrating mystique for film audiences. As America’s oldest entertainment award, the Oscars entice audiences...