Darcy Staniforth

I’m sure a pitch meeting happened where somebody said, “It’s a film about an unlikely friendship that forms between two men who are forced to travel together.”

A beautiful film about loss and rediscovering life and love.

John Hawkes plays Mark O’Brien so well that you forget you are not actually watching a disabled actor on the screen.

A documentary that shows how theater can help heal the pains of war.

A documentary that should have gotten its own TV series.

A book about the ladies we love to watch just misses the mark.

“As a director, [Smith] speaks to the issues that interest me in a way that interests me.”

Let’s talk some movie music!

David Markey’s film about one of L.A.’s most seminal punk bands.

“In the face of injustice, no one is safe.”

Warner Archive unleashes these mischievous animals from 1980.

A film I am glad I didn’t save my virginity for.

Worth a watch, but hard to get involved with on a deeper level.

Jon Foy uses beautiful artwork and well-placed music to draw you in.

A good true-life story that is worth telling.

A behind-the-scenes look at one of the greatest music films ever made.

Full of facts but lacking the ability to keep this student engaged.

An important documentary about the gay civil rights movement in Louisiana.

Not a lot of big laughs, but it has big heart.

Krzysztof Kieslowski’s beautiful and moving trilogy gets some great bells and whistles.

An almost dynamic documentary about a dynamic couple.

I came looking for a story and only got parts of one.

Who needs a good three-act structure when you can have 17?

The stories of four couples that are anything but erotic.

A beautiful film about the fact that we are larger than the roles we have been assigned.