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If there's one thing Explosions in the Sky evokes, it's all of the emotions. Every last one. Anyone who has watched Friday Night Lights will understand how "Your Hand in Mind" played at dusk over a football field is truly the easiest trigger for tears. And if you've ever gazed wistfully out a bus window in the country while listening to "Who Do You Go Home To," you know the magical power of some stirring instrumental indie rock. And although David Gordon Green latest film, the Sundance hit, Prince Avalanche isn't a philosophical tear jerker, it does possess a strikingly beautiful glowing and burnt natural landscape and some existential dilemmas, which, are always grounds for some EITS. And with composer David Wingo collaborating at the helm for the score, the tone of Prince Avalanche is set by its subtly lovely soundtrack that melds his and EITS' sensibilities. 

Like most hangovers, the third one is just not quite as fun as the first – and so is the consensus of The Hangover Part III, which opened today. But that doesn't stop critics from making some hilarious one-liners about it, whether they meant to or not. Here's the funniest:

Yes, I believe this is what we call a cinematic jackpot, folks. As two of cinema's most confounding, complex, and psychologically stimulating directors, David Lynch and the late Krzysztof Kieślowski made films which transcended our mere reality, sublimating into the abstract and igniting our senses and emotions in the most fascinating way. And although you wouldn't necessary peg the two together, Cristina Álvarez López has crafted a stunning video essay that weaves Kieślowski's metaphysical meditation on identity and love The Double Life of Veronique with Lynch's haunting and delirious digitally experimental masterpiece Inland Empire.

I'm not quite sure what world I am living in, but when it comes to Elijah Wood, whenever I hear his name, my mind immediately wanders to Flipper or The Ice Storm or The Faculty, as if the past decade or Lord of the Rings Trilogy never existed. But as we've seen Wood transform from a big-eyed child star to a vaguely creepy, vaguely older looking dude, he has begun to take on darker and more disturbed roles from Wilfred to Sin City. But now, with the remake of Bill Lustig’s 1980 horror thriller, Maniac, Wood is taking his freakish side to a bloodier level.

If you're still busy bemoaning the fact that you're not at Cannes this week, at least you can find solace in the fact that tomorrow kicks of the beginnings of Memorial Day Weekend. Perhaps the occasion means nothing for you but time to relax, or perhaps it means endless BBQs and first trips of the season to the beach—but regardless of your holiday preferences, what it does mean is a three-day vacation with ample time to head down to the cinema and catch up on some classic you've let slip through the cracks, alongside of the most best films of the year thus far. So if the allure of escaping into The Hangover III or Fast & Furious 6 is not something you're looking to succumb to, this weekend does mark the premiere of Before Midnight—which wouldn't be so important had we all not been waiting nine years for it. But whether you're into catching up on Celine and Jesse's legendary romance, dancing through the pain with Frances Ha, or looking for a little murderous adventure, there's something for everyone this weekend at the movies. Enjoy.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt has been acting for most of his young life. And in that time, he's gotten quite a film ducation, having worked with everyone from his pal, the wonderful Rian Johnson to Gregg Araki, Christopher Nolan, and Steven Spielberg, taking on a varied array of roles, swiftly moving from young actor on the rise to one of the most sought after men in Hollywood. But only naturally, after being in the industry so long, JGL caught the filmmaking bug himself and this October, we'll see his first stab at writing and directing his own full-length feature, Don Jon. 

At one point in Before Sunrise, Jesse begins to admit that in the months leading up to his wedding, he couldn't stop thinking of Celine. He would see everywhere, all the time always in New York—especially once folding up an umbrella and entering a deli on 13th and Broadway. But she was off living in Europe somewhere, so he knew he was crazy. And of course, Celine then tells him that she was actually living in New York at that time—on 11th and Broadway.

Remember back in grade school when you would make short movies or recreate classic scenes with your friends (or, in the case of Star Wars Kid/George Michael Bluth, yourself) and they were a bit crude and shoddily made because you were kids but you loved them anyway? You made Jumanji with your stuffed lions and elephants; Raiders of the Lost Ark rolling some kind of sports ball down the stars.