By Mark Special to The Dagger The Queue is a monthly feature designed to showcase critically-acclaimed films that had limited commercial release and/or success. Each feature highlights films that focus on a specific theme, genre, or technique designed to provide a greater understanding of film as an entertainment and art form. If there is one […]
Movie Review: Youth in Revolt
Youth in Revolt (Weinstein Co.) During the movie-going doldrums of January, a teenage rom-com emerges a cut above the schlock. It’s not a prolonged stint of anarchy as you might be—as I was—expecting. Instead, it’s got a quirky pulse and, for awhile at least, a deliciously nerdy vibe. Michael Cera is his typical pillow-pasty self—only […]