Articles by Robert Bell

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  The Dark Half

  George A. Romero

  PUBLISHED Jan 12, 2015

  The good thing about boutique distributor Blu-ray releases of older, mostly forgotten, films are the candid supplements that are often incl...

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  Pride

  Matthew Warchus

  PUBLISHED Dec 31, 2014

  One of the more commonplace ways of describing the style and sensibility of Matthew Warchus' overly twee and politically simplistic issue d...

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  Mr. Turner

  Mike Leigh

  PUBLISHED Dec 23, 2014

  In Mr. Turner, Mike Leigh's acutely detailed analysis-cum-biopic of famed landscapist J.M.W. Turner during his later years, the melding of...

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  Gemma Bovery

  Anne Fontaine

  PUBLISHED Dec 4, 2014

  Like many of Anne Fontaine's consistently thought-provoking films, Gemma Bovery questions — or at least presents an observation of &#...

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  The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1

  Francis Lawrence

  PUBLISHED Nov 20, 2014

  Though successful due to its propulsive storytelling and accessible blend of twee teen romance with imminent mortal danger in the form of g...

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  The Homesman

  Tommy Lee Jones

  PUBLISHED Nov 20, 2014

  Like most actor/directors, Tommy Lee Jones focuses on the performances and the nuance of quiet reflection when he's behind the camera. It's...

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  Into the Storm [Blu-ray]

  Steven Quale

  PUBLISHED Nov 18, 2014

  It's unlikely that Into the Storm had a completed script when it went into production. In a loose sense, it took the premise of Twister and...

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  Wolves

  David Hayter

  PUBLISHED Nov 13, 2014

  For what it is, X-Men scribe David Hayter's feature directorial debut, Wolves, is a passable bit of genre-subversion/hybrid coming-of-age f...