Ian Buckwalter

Iranian writer/director Asghar Farhadi's latest starts with a long, unmoving shot of a couple sitting before a judge. On one side is Simin (Leila Hatami), a wife who is asking for a divorce from her husband. He's not a bad man, she insists, he just refuses to leave Iran,... continue reading on DCist

If you head over to the IMDb, look up Roger Corman, and start scrolling through his filmography, make sure your scrolling finger is limbered up. The list of producing credits alone stretches, as of this writing, to 398. And Corman, well into his 80s now, is still consistently averaging... continue reading on DCist

Photograph courtesy of Focus Features Many of the scenes in Pariah, Dee Rees' debut narrative feature, are shot in shallow focus closeups, actors' faces filling much of the screen as the background is lost in a soft blur. It's an unforgiving shot for an actor, every subtlety -- and,... continue reading on DCist

There appears to be a lot of random grousing in the comments sections of movie posts all over the internet about how 2011 was a lackluster year for the movies. That's hardly notable, since, with all apologies to DCist's esteemed commentariat, comments sections are generally where the unhappy naysayers... continue reading on DCist

Given the ubiquity of Stieg Larsson’s massive megahit bestseller The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo—there was a while there where it seemed every third person on public transit, on the beach, or walking down the street had their nose buried in it—the fact that there would be a motion... continue reading on DCist