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After three long years of waiting, fans of The OA will finally get to see what happened to Brit Marling following the dramatic and somewhat controversial ending of the series' first season. If you are new to the series, I...

Note: this opinion piece discusses The OA’s approach to storytelling, weighs in on the show’s enigmatic finale and as such contains spoilers. If you haven’t yet seen The OA, you might want to stop reading and check back in at...

Another not so great week for mainstream releases, with The Purge and The East proving to be little more than misguided high-concept failures. With Linklater's Before Midnight opening wider, and linking to Ethan Hawke's other release, I felt it deserved...

Zal Batmanglij has worked up quite a fan base since his debut feature Sound of My Voice premiered at Sundance in 2011. Though it was initially overshadowed by the big sale buzz of that year's other Brit Marling film, Another...

Zal Batmanglij has worked up quite a fan base since his debut feature Sound of My Voice premiered at Sundance in 2011. Though it was initially overshadowed by the big sale buzz of that year's other Brit Marling film...

Is she or isn't she? A time traveler, I mean. It's modern day L.A., and Maggie (Brit Marling, of ANOTHER EARTH) is living the dream. She's got her own place, needs no job, doesn't have to wear anything all day...

After playing to fairly positive buzz at Sundance 2011, Zal Batmanglij's Sound Of My Voice was bought, along with its sister film Another Earth (produced by Batmanglij, also co-written by and starring Brit Marling), by Fox Searchlight. But whereas the...

In Guy Ritchie's Rock'N'Rolla Toby Kebbell accomplished what many would consider impossible: He outperformed Tom Hardy. Kebbell's part as Johnny Quid announced the busy character actor as a performer ready to come into his own, as a man with charisma...

Zal Batmanglij's Sound Of My Voice is a different sort of cult film in that rather than appealing to a small but loyal group of followers - ie inspiring a cult - is it about a cult and a couple...