Mass is the directorial debut of actor Fran Kranz (who also wrote the script). There are a couple of major pitfalls to which actors turned directors seem to fall prey. They often either forget that movies are supposed to be...
Before anything else happens in Bart Layton’s cheeky and slyly acrimonious American Animals, we are told, via title card, “This is not based on a true story.” The joke here is that, while the movie is in fact a dramatization of...