Casey Affleck

The Last Kiss isn't afraid of exploding romantic conventions--um, at least not at first.

The structure and layered storytelling make Gone Baby Gone richly satisfying.

Has the perfect 'generic brand' title to match its Teflon blandness.

This material...isn't deceptively simple: it's just simple.

One can easily understand why this story swiftly became Coast Guard legend...but its dim wall-of-grey visuals and narrative longueurs make much of the two hours a challenge to the attention span for viewers of any age.

A dark crime drama the rough-and-tumble Samuel Fuller no doubt would have loved.

In its broad strokes, Manchester by the Sea doesn’t explore anything new...[but Lonergan] is the master of telling behavior and conversational nuance.