A film about two teenage girls navigating the streets of New York by themselves with little money or a place to stay is normally the breeding ground for melodrama. In the hands of director Eliza Hittman (“Beach Rats”) and remarkably natural performances by first time actors, Sidney Flanigan and Talia Ryder, however, the film Never…
Ian Gray (Michael Pitt) is a PhD student whose research is focused on the evolution of the eye. A confirmed atheist, he hopes his project will prove that the eye has indeed evolved through mutations and disprove once and for all the theory of Intelligent Design. Winner of the Alfred P. Sloan prize at Sundance,…
A deft touch turns into a heavy hand in Derek Cianfrance’s big, bruised follow-up to his quietly brilliant masterwork “Blue Valentine.” His latest is a conflicted drama about fathers and sons and fate and bad decisions and maybe even ice cream. The Place Beyond the Pines is an admirably ambitious project that clobbers its themes…
