Articles by Scott A. Gray
Life of Crime
Daniel Schechter
PUBLISHED Aug 28, 2014
Having the advantage of working from an Elmore Leonard book, Daniel Schechter knocks out a tight little crime caper that, like Chinese food...
Shmu
"Hold On, We're Going Home" (Drake cover) / "Pictionary" (live-in-studio video)
PUBLISHED Aug 27, 2014
Taking a more straightforward stab at the covers game (check out his schizoid version of Lorde's "Royals"), Zorch's manic beat wizard, voca...
The F Word
Directed by Michael Dowse
PUBLISHED Aug 21, 2014
Having himself quite the year, Daniel Radcliffe confidently headlines this far funnier than it has any right to be rom-com from the directo...
Are You Here
Matthew Weiner
PUBLISHED Aug 21, 2014
The creator of Mad Men, one of television's most nuanced character dramas, has survived the jump to the big screen with his keen, rotting-o...
Blood Glacier
Marvin Kren
PUBLISHED Jun 19, 2014
With its isolated setting in the German Alps and threat of insidious mutation, for a good while, Blood Glacier (formerly presented under fa...
The Life and Crimes of Doris Payne
Matthew Pond and Kirk Marcolina
PUBLISHED Jun 19, 2014
Some people are so good at lying that they can make you buy a fib even when you know it's an outright falsehood. Graceful, composed and con...
All Cheerleaders Die
Lucky McKee & Chris Sivertson
PUBLISHED Jun 13, 2014
Considering the strength of Lucky McKee's previous deceptively astute assaults on fixation and gender roles — May and The Woman ̵...
The Animal Project
Ingrid Veninger
PUBLISHED Jun 5, 2014
Increasingly powerful and consistent acting presence Aaron Poole (This Beautiful City) confidently leads Ingrid Veninger's subtle, funny an...