Articles by Robert Bell

Black Rock

Katie Aselton

PUBLISHED Aug 30, 2013

As written by mumblecore alum Mark Duplass and conceived by his wife and collaborator Katie Aselton, Black Rock isn't the sort of survivali...

Closed Circuit

John Crowley

PUBLISHED Aug 29, 2013

Oddly, one of the only appealing aspects about Closed Circuit (John Crowley's redundant, overly talky exercise in cultural parroting) is re...

Our Nixon

Penny Lane

PUBLISHED Aug 29, 2013

Richard Nixon (a name synonymous with scandal and deception) is, in broad, populist terms, known for his role in the Watergate scandal and...

The Best of Fridays

PUBLISHED Aug 26, 2013

As observed in the opening sketch of the pilot episode of Fridays, ABC's response to the unprecedented success of NBC's Saturday Night Live...

The Oxbow Cure

Yonah Lewis & Calvin Thomas

PUBLISHED Aug 23, 2013

Though dialogue-free for the majority of its runtime, Yonah Lewis and Calvin Thomas' simple but effective human horror, The Oxbow Cure comm...

Beginnings

Somnur Vardar

PUBLISHED Aug 22, 2013

In the true sense of the word "documentary," Somnur Vardar's feature length dialogue, Beginnings truly observes its subjects whether they b...

Prince Avalanche

David Gordon Green

PUBLISHED Aug 22, 2013

Opening with a textual title card, pointing out that over 40,000 acres of Texas woodlands burnt down inexplicably in the mid-'80s, David Go...

Angry Beavers: The Complete Series

PUBLISHED Aug 21, 2013

As noted in the title, all four seasons of this provocatively named Nickelodeon series, Angry Beavers, are included in this supplement-free...