Dan Schindel

Dan spent a year watching a documentary every day, so now he thinks he knows everything. He loves movies more than you do. He lives and works in Los Angeles. He also loves animals, volunteering, photography, games and long walks on the beach.

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Theatrical

‘Delivery Man’ Delivers Little of Worth

11 years ago by Dan Schindel

Good intentions can't hide the ugliness at the core of this comedy starring Vince Vaughn.

AFI Fest Review: ‘Our Sunhi’

11 years ago by Dan Schindel

There are blind spots in every cinema lover's list of films that they have seen, and then there's whatever I have with Hong Sang-soo. Until this year, I had never even heard of the man. And once I had, I discovered that a good deal of critics and movie lovers ...

AFI Fest Review: ‘Her’

11 years ago by Dan Schindel

I've loved all of Spike Jonze's work, but I was incredibly skeptical of Her. What looked like a story about a man falling in love with Siri, complete with him spinning in romantic circles with his phone, just seemed like too much. It was a rotten attitude to b...

AFI Fest Review: ‘Nothing Bad Can Happen’

11 years ago by Dan Schindel

The original German title of Nothing Bad Can Happen is Tore Tanzt, or "Tore Dances." Anyone who watches the trailer for the film will recognize that the new title is meant as bitterly ironic. This is a story about many, many bad things happening. But while Tor...

AFI Fest Review: ‘Closed Curtain’

11 years ago by Dan Schindel

Anyone who criticizes Jafar Panahi for retreading themes in his films at this juncture of his career is kind of an asshole. The man is under the thumb of a dictatorship and forbidden from making movies. What else is he going to muse on with his films (which he...

AFI Fest Review: ‘The Sacrament’

11 years ago by Dan Schindel

A new wave of horror has come in the form of "mumblegore," and I've not yet drunk its kool-aid (that phrase is an appropriate one to use in a review for this film, as you'll come to understand in a moment). I get the idea of using "realistic" verbal patter and...

AFI Fest Review: ‘The Unknown Known’

11 years ago by Dan Schindel

Errol Morris' new film focuses revolves around a captivating interview with Donald Rumsfeld.

AFI Fest Review: ‘The Wind Rises’

11 years ago by Dan Schindel

Hayao Miyazaki's supposedly final film isn't great, but it's a fitting end to an astonishing career.

AFI Fest Review: ‘Blue Ruin’

11 years ago by Dan Schindel

Dwight (Macon Blair) is a beach bum, spending his days scrounging recyclables on the Virginia coast and his nights in a gruesome 1990 Pontiac Bonneville. But when he learns that the man who murdered his parents has been released from prison, he embarks on a ro...

Theatrical

‘A Case of You’ Is Too Slight To Overcome Its Tropes

11 years ago by Dan Schindel

Justin Long tries to woo Evan Rachel Wood in this new romantic comedy.

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Defanging the Unthinkable

A Fitting, Impressive Goodbye

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The Complex Morality of "No Country for Old Men"

A New Way of Telling Love Stories

Breaking Standards with Julian Rosefeldt of "Manifesto"

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The Ultimate Meta-Performance: Kate Lyn Sheil on "Kate Plays Christine"

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Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 287: "Kundun"

Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 286: "Pinocchio"

Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 285: "That Darn Cat"

Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 284: "The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement"

Defanging the Unthinkable

A Fitting, Impressive Goodbye

The Ambivalent, Bittersweet "My Life as a Zucchini"

The Complex Morality of "No Country for Old Men"

A New Way of Telling Love Stories

Breaking Standards with Julian Rosefeldt of "Manifesto"

Indulging Mightily with Alex Ross Perry and the "Golden Exits" Cast

The Ultimate Meta-Performance: Kate Lyn Sheil on "Kate Plays Christine"

Now Playing: "From Nowhere"

Now Playing: "Fifty Shades Darker"

Now Playing: "War on Everyone"

Now Playing: "The Salesman"

Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 287: "Kundun"

Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 286: "Pinocchio"

Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 285: "That Darn Cat"

Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 284: "The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement"

Defanging the Unthinkable

A Fitting, Impressive Goodbye

The Ambivalent, Bittersweet "My Life as a Zucchini"

The Complex Morality of "No Country for Old Men"

A New Way of Telling Love Stories

Breaking Standards with Julian Rosefeldt of "Manifesto"

Indulging Mightily with Alex Ross Perry and the "Golden Exits" Cast

The Ultimate Meta-Performance: Kate Lyn Sheil on "Kate Plays Christine"

Now Playing: "From Nowhere"

Now Playing: "Fifty Shades Darker"

Now Playing: "War on Everyone"

Now Playing: "The Salesman"

Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 287: "Kundun"

Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 286: "Pinocchio"

Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 285: "That Darn Cat"

Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 284: "The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement"

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