Matt Pais

How sure of yourself and the world were you at 22? Hell, how sure of yourself and the world are you now? Point being, it's ridiculous to expect artists, especially...

When "Saturday Night Live" really cranks, (insert grumble about how bad the show usually is these days etc., etc.), it can be a triumphant blend of funny, creative, and talkable....

Alicia Vikander, hopefully the next major female movie star, can make even ordinarily depicted sorrow seem fresh. In "Testament of Youth," the Swedish actress ("Seventh Son," "Ex Machina," the upcoming...

At last, Cobie Smulders ("How I Met Your Mother") gets a substantial big-screen role as Kat, an intense personal trainer in writer-director Andrew Bujalski's minor but consistently amusing "Results." Whether...

I do not say this lightly: "Me and Earl and the Dying Girl" is an instant classic.That may sound like hyperbole, but A) anyone who regularly reads my reviews knows...

At Sundance 2015, I spoke with the majority of the people behind “Results,” a funny and offbeat comedy starring Cobie Smulders and Guy Pearce as personal trainers, opening June 12...

How many unforgettable moviegoing experiences can you remember having? I can’t name a ton. But the Sundance premiere of “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl,” during which some 1,400...

Considering he hadn’t slept in almost four days as he worked to finish his movie and stressed about revealing it, you’d think “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl” director...

I was lucky enough to interview the stars of “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl” before the film’s premiere at Sundance 2015. Each conversation was one-on-one, but I’ve combined...