Articles by Robert Bell

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  Cut Bank

  Matt Shakman

  PUBLISHED Apr 9, 2015

  By now, it's obvious that any cinematic depiction of small town dreamers taking a shortcut to the American dream won't turn out well. It's...

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  The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet

  Jean-Pierre Jeunet

  PUBLISHED Apr 9, 2015

  In many ways, The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet is the follow-up to Amelie that Jean-Pierre Jeunet's more conventional crossover fans ha...

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  A Most Violent Year

  J.C. Chandor

  PUBLISHED Apr 7, 2015

  J.C. Chandor was a rich kid. His father held senior roles with Merrill Lynch throughout his 40-year career and Chandor himself jumped into...

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  Winter Sleep

  Nuri Bilge Ceylan

  PUBLISHED Apr 7, 2015

  Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan makes movies about human communication and conflict. His characters talk a lot but rarely say anything o...

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  The Imitation Game

  Morten Tyldum

  PUBLISHED Mar 31, 2015

  Part of the struggle in making a film about an unconventional outsider is trying to communicate a feeling of alienation and isolation to an...

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  The Riot Club

  Lone Scherfig

  PUBLISHED Mar 26, 2015

  Initially, Lone Scherfig's The Riot Club doesn't seem like much. Miles (Max Irons) and Alistair (Sam Clafin), two very different affluent y...

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  The Sure Thing: 30th Anniversary

  Rob Reiner

  PUBLISHED Mar 24, 2015

  Amidst the array of supplemental materials included with the 30th Anniversary Blu-ray release of the cult classic, The Sure Thing, the prod...

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  Watership Down

  Martin Rosen

  PUBLISHED Mar 19, 2015

  Though Martin Rosen's adaptation of Richard Adams' famed novel Watership Down encompasses an abundance of themes and concepts including fat...