Jennifer Jason Leigh — Blog

Review: The Woman in the Window (2021)

Joe Wright’s adaptation of the popular bestseller is baffling, cynical trash that wastes a good cast and crew.

David Cronenberg: eXistenZ (1999)

In the summer of The Matrix David Cronenberg made another virtual reality film that continued his explorations of bodies and technology, challenging our notions of the flesh and machine.

Reviews, David CronenbergAnders BergstromNovember 23, 2018David Cronenberg, David Cronenberg Retrospective, eXistenZ, Jude Law, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Don McKellar, Willem Dafoe, Sarah Polley, Ian Holm, Canadian film, science fiction, video games, virtual reality, philosophyComment

Review: Annihilation (2018)

Ex Machina was a promising debut and a superior work of science-fiction, but Annihilation is on a whole other level.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromMarch 16, 2018Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gina Rodriguez, Tessa Thompson, Tuva Novotny, Benedict Wong, Oscar Isaac, Alex Garland, Jeff VanderMeer, Annihilation, Ex MachinaComment

Predicting the 2016 Oscars

Anders and Aren offer up their picks for the 2016 Academy Awards.

Review: The Spectacular Now (2013)

The high school of reality, not Hollywood, is on display here.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromOctober 9, 2013addiction, alcoholism, coming-of-age, drama, drunkeness, high school, James Ponsoldt, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Kyle Chandler, Miles Teller, Shailene Woodley, teenager, The Spectacular NowComment

TIFF13: Hateship Loveship (2013) and Labor Day (2013)

One's understated and carefully awkward, the other's too sweet.