The Film Yap

This criminally ignored drama shows the American Dream as it actually is rather than how we would like it to be. Continue reading →

“A Better Life” is a harrowing epic writ small, a vision of our country’s promise and failings. It is one of the year’s best films. Continue reading →

The “Twilight Saga: Eclipse” star talks being cast as Quil Ateara, scoring a major franchise role at his first audition, and finally becoming a wolf. Continue reading →

“About a Boy” — a lithe, Billy Wilder-esque dance on the wire of uneasy comedy — continues Nick Rogers’ look back at the 365 best films of 2000-2009. Continue reading →

Twi-hater Caine Gardner and Twi-phile Jamaica Slicer spar on “New Moon.” Continue reading →

“Twilight” is the big screen equivalent of Dark Shadows: slow, lame and predictable. Continue reading →

In this guest column, reader Jamaica Slicer says it’s high time someone defends the vampire romance series that people either love or love to hate. Continue reading →