Daryl McCormack as Liam in THE LESSON. Courtesy of Bleecker Street They say never meet your heroes, and the literary thriller THE LESSON offers a case in point, where a young would-be writer gets what ...

A tense standoff between two writers kindles familial fireworks in this wittily self-aware melodrama. By Jeannette Catsoulis When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film through our ...

Richard E. Grant and Daryl McCormack are writers mutually feeding off each other in a diverting chamber piece that doesn't shy from some recycled ideas. When the film’s own words don’t quite pass ...

If there is a lesson of its own to take away from the thriller that is The Lesson, directed by Alice Troughton and written by Alex MacKeith, it is that less can often be more. Some of the most ...

Premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival, Alice Troughton's feature debut is a sly take on art and ego. By Caryn James Alice Troughton‘s first feature is a jewel, an exquisitely made chamber piece with ...