Film noir ranks as one of the most unique and defiant film genres in cinema, and today, it continues to rise in popularity among movie fans. The classic era of film noir hit an all-time high during ...

A BEAUTIFULLY understated piece of filmmaking and a playfully inventive style of storytelling are combined to great effect in Beginners. In his most complete performance in many years, Ewan McGregor ...

Halloween is just around the corner. With it comes activities like haunted houses, trick-or-treating and, of course, watching horror movies. For many, Halloween is the perfect time to cozy up and dive ...

In Vicky Wight's movie, the 'Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt' star plays a recent divorcee who embarks on a hiking trip to find herself. By Lovia Gyarkye Arts & Culture Critic The premise of Vicky Wight’s ...

A recently divorced thirtysomething goes camping with a quirky band of fellow hikers, one of whom may be looking for more than just a journey of self-discovery, in this minor Netflix offering. We can ...

That’s what I was thinking as I started watching Vicky Wight’s “Happiness for Beginners,” a rom-com that has everything you’d expect from a film of this sort. There’s a damaged heroine trying to put ...

Beginners’ tone is set from the start: we’re in melancholy-comic territory, especially clear from McGregor’s character Oliver’s Umberto D.-like relationship with his Jack Russell terrier Arthur.