One could assume that nobody in a windowless office was ever caught basking in the fluorescent light, breathing in the recycled air, and asking “is this what freedom feels like?” But can an assumption...

Film oftentimes offers room for interpretation. That’s the beauty of the medium (and any art form, really). The screen serves as a conduit for both kinetic and static images, which the viewer in turn analyzes...

When Jillian Schlesinger came across the story of a fearless Dutch sailor named Laura Dekker, she knew she’d found a subject worthy of her first feature film. But Schlesinger never would have read Dekker’s name...

It’s a dreary day at work. You’re alone in your office cubicle, gazing out at the birds gliding through the snow-capped tree tops. Your breath is heavy with a lover’s sigh, as you think only about...

Thirteen-year-olds have big dreams, but how many of them actively pursue — and realize — those dreams? How many can function for more than a day or two without a hand to hold or a friend to steer them...

Stepping out of a taxi on a dark night in the middle of a vacant mall parking lot has all the makings of a bad situation. And though Gili is greeted with smiles and kisses by two cordial-looking boys, a few awkward...

Anyone who talks to Max Adler for two seconds will find that he is a jovial, compassionate and warm-hearted individual — nothing at all like the mean, slushie-throwing, New Directions-hating football jock fans...

“It is often necessary to go to extremes in order to discover something that jolts us out of our usual thought patterns and rhythms, or provides a new perspective on those thought patterns.”

In many ways, Peter Jackson’s middle chapter in The Hobbit trilogy is its predecessor’s doppelganger. There’s the familiar cast of characters: homebody hobbit Bilbo Baggins, wizard extraordinaire Gandalf the...