Slamdance: Vanishing Pearls Movie Review
Title: Vanishing Pearls: The Oystermen of Pointe à la Hache Director: Nailah Jefferson A Slamdance Film Festival world premiere and documentary competition title that delves into a subset of the…
Young Ones Movie Review
Title: Young Ones Director: Jake Paltrow Starring: Michael Shannon, Nicholas Hoult, Elle Fanning, Kodi Smit-McPhee Some films can be multiple things at the same time. There are some genres that…
Frank Movie Review
Title: Frank Director: Lenny Abrahamson Starring: Michael Fassbender, Domhnall Gleeson, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Scoot McNairy There are things that are inherently weird, and showcasing them as if they are normal can…
Hellion Movie Review
Title: Hellion Director: Kat Candler Starring: Aaron Paul, Juliette Lewis, Josh Wiggins, Deke Garner, Jonny Mars, Walt Roberts There are all different kinds of troublesome kids. There are those bright…
Blind Movie Review
Title: Blind Director: Eskil Vogt Starring: Ellen Dorrit Petersen, Henrik Rafaelsen, Vera Vitali, Marius Kolbenstvedt Making a film about blindness is not an easy task. Some have tried, but conveying…
Freedom Summer Movie Review
Title: Freedom Summer Director: Stanley Nelson The battle for civil rights in the 1960s is a subject ripe for revisiting. As this decade celebrates the fiftieth anniversaries of many monumental…
A Most Wanted Man Movie Review
Title: A Most Wanted Man Director: Anton Corbjin Starring: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rachel McAdams, Willem Dafoe, Robin Wright, Grigoriy Dobrygin, Daniel Bruhl, Nina Hoss Terrorism, and its prevention, is a…
The Double Movie Review
Title: The Double Director: Richard Ayoade Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Mia Wasikowska, Wallace Shawn, Noah Taylor, Cathy Moriarty, James Fox There are many ways to establish a dystopia. Isolating one character…
Lilting Movie Review
Title: Lilting Director: Hong Khaou Starring: Ben Whishaw, Cheng Pei Pei, Andrew Leung, Morven Christie, Naomi Christie, Peter Bowles To be effective, movies about loss must begin by establishing several…