Ann Dowd

Sundance 2021: Mass Review

Actor Fran Kranz's directorial debut is a tightly-woven intimate drama about grief, forgiveness and blame anchored by powerhouse performances from his small ensemble.

Hereditary Review

An exercise in dramatic tension, character drama and creepy, cultish horror, Hereditary is a fascinating hybrid that nourishes our desires to be entertained, thrilled and emotionally impacted all at once.

Sundance 2018: Tyrel Review

A small film with big ambitions, Sebastián Silva’s tense drama Tyrel takes its simple setup and runs with it in directions both surprising and compelling.

Sundance 2018: Hereditary Review

An exercise in dramatic tension, character drama and creepy, cultish horror, Hereditary is a fascinating hybrid that nourishes our desires to be entertained, thrilled and emotionally impacted all at once.

This Week in DVD: 1/8/13

As we dig out from piles of new releases from before and after the holiday season, we take looks at the home video releases for Looper, Frankenweenie, Cosmopolis, Dredd, Pitch Perfect, Compliance, The Words, Hit and Run, and season one of Anger Management

Compliance Review

Based on a shockingly true story, the controversial, low key thriller Compliance will leave viewers' stomachs in knots whether they like it or not.

Interview: Compliance Director Craig Zobel

We talked to Craig Zobel, one of the co-creators of Homestar Runner, about his decidedly different and vastly darker new film Compliance and the film's astonishing and shocking real life basis.