Violet Lucca

Short Takes: Enough Said

By Violet Lucca

September 19, 2013

(Nicole Holofcener, U.S., 2013)

Review: Wadjda

By Violet Lucca

August 26, 2013

A visually accomplished first feature about the lives of Saudi women lives up to the hype

Made-for-Cable Pick: Behind the Candelabra

By Violet Lucca

August 22, 2013

(HBO, $19.97)

Site Specifics: Alternate Movie Databases

By Violet Lucca

August 22, 2013

Search Dysfunction

Sexy Beast

By Violet Lucca

August 2, 2013

A user's guide to David Bowie's best (and worst) film roles

Loosely Based On: Most Implausible Influences

By Violet Lucca

July 26, 2013

Schlockbuster directors, hoisted by their own petard

Review: Passion

By Violet Lucca

July 8, 2013

(Brian De Palma, France/Germany, 2012)

Site Specifics: Letterboxd.com

By Violet Lucca

June 24, 2013

Popular Opinions

Review: Maniac

By Violet Lucca

June 21, 2013

Frodo goes postal in this Eighties slasher update

Interview: Peter Strickland

By Violet Lucca

June 4, 2013

Inside the world of Berberian Sound Studio with its film- and music-besotted director

Review: Marlon Brando: A Memoir

By Violet Lucca

May 9, 2013

By Nancy K. Peardon | The Falcon Press, $17.95

Review: The Great Gatsby

By Violet Lucca

May 7, 2013

Missing the punch—and point—of F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic

Review: Mud

By Violet Lucca

April 29, 2013

Jeff Nichols continues his native son chic streak with Mud

Site Specifics: Vine

By Violet Lucca

April 29, 2013

Clip Art

Sixties Pick: The Magic Christian

By Violet Lucca

April 29, 2013

(Olive Films, $24.95)

Review: Laurence Anyways

By Violet Lucca

April 28, 2013

(Xavier Dolan, Canada/France, 2012)

Review: Upstream Color

By Violet Lucca

April 8, 2013

What does it all mean? A primer

Festivals: Cartagena

By Violet Lucca

April 1, 2013

Sea, sun, and cinema at the 53rd Festival Internacional de Cine de Cartagena de Indias (FICCI)

Encore: End of the Road

By Violet Lucca

March 11, 2013

An ambitious adaptation of John Barth's End of the Road gives voice to American malaise

Site Specifics: Clothes on Film

By Violet Lucca

March 9, 2013

Fashion Forward