Adrien Brody
Adrien Brody on the Timeliness of 'The Brutalist' and America's Enduring "Harshness"
PUBLISHED Dec 19, 2024
To understand the American Dream is to understand the changing tides of the 20th century's most powerful nation. Writer James Truslow Adams...
'The Brutalist' Builds Up and Tears Down the American Dream
Directed by Brady Corbet
PUBLISHED Dec 16, 2024
The first thing that Hungarian-Jewish architect and Holocaust survivor László Tóth (Adrien Brody) sees upon emerging from the dark, cramped...
Wes Anderson Orbits the Same Old Terrain on 'Asteroid City'
Directed by Wes Anderson
PUBLISHED Jun 23, 2023
The Grand Budapest Hotel, The French Dispatch, Moonrise Kingdom — in the latter half of his career, Wes Anderson had hit his stride and sho...
'Fool's Paradise' Is as Superficial as the Industry It Tries to Parody
Directed by Charlie Day
PUBLISHED May 12, 2023
Charlie Day has always come across as a reluctant Hollywood star. Listen to (or creep) an episode of the It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia...
Watch the Trailer for Wes Anderson's 'Asteroid City'
PUBLISHED Mar 29, 2023
Wes Anderson's follow-up to The French Dispatch — one of Exclaim!'s Best Films of 2021 — is heading to theatres on June 16, and we've final...
Netflix's Gratuitous 'Blonde' Fails Marilyn Monroe
Directed by Andrew Dominik
PUBLISHED Sep 23, 2022
Blonde opens with a young Norma Jeane (Marilyn Monroe's real name) and her mother, Gladys (Julianne Nicholson), a mentally ill alcoholic wh...
'See How They Run' Knows It Isn't Great, Which Is Why It's So Good
Directed by Tom George
PUBLISHED Sep 12, 2022
Tom George's See How They Run opens with a narration that begrudgingly acknowledges the weakness of whodunits: "You seen one, you've seen '...
'The French Dispatch' Is the Most "Wes Anderson" Wes Anderson Film Ever
Directed by Wes Anderson
PUBLISHED Oct 21, 2021
Ten films into his career, the trademarks of Wes Anderson's latest, The French Dispatch, will be of no surprise to anyone familiar with the...
