Where Soldiers Come From Movie Review
Title: Where Soldiers Come From Director: Heather Courtney Centering on a group of young friends and deployed reservists from the shores of Lake Superior, on the northern tip of Michigan’s…
The Interrupters Movie Review 2
Title: The Interrupters Director: Steve James “Hoop Dreams” co-director Steve James returns with another tale of Illinois-set woe and striving for self-betterment in the form of “The Interrupters,” an affecting…
Semper Fi: Always Faithful Movie Review
Title: Semper Fi: Always Faithful Directors: Rachel Libert and Tony Hardmon If one conducted a day-long survey of random persons from any given major metropolitan street, and asked them to…
DVD Review: Rio, Marley and Me 2 and The Puppet Monster Massacre
Directed by “Ice Age”‘s Carlos Saldanha, animated family film “Rio” centers on a rare, domesticated macaw, Blu (voiced by Jesse Eisenberg, who must have beaten out a crestfallen Simon LeBon),…
Talihina Sky: The Story of Kings of Leon Movie Review
Title: Talihina Sky: The Story of Kings of Leon Directors: Stephen C. Mitchell and Casey McGrath An unusually intimate peek behind the curtain of the Followill fraternity, “Talihina Sky: The…
Battle For Brooklyn Movie Review
Title: Battle For Brooklyn Directors: Michael Galinsky and Suki Hawley When people talk about a movie being depressing, whether in a context either admiring or dismissive, they’re almost always talking…
Darwin Movie Review
Title: Darwin: No Services Ahead Director: Nick Brandestini What would possess a person to stay and live in (or move to) a small, dusty town in the scorching Death Valley…
Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow Movie Review
Title: Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow Director: Sophie Fiennes Featuring: Anselm Kiefer Anselm Kiefer and the notion of the venerated artist more generally is celebrated in Sophie Fiennes documentary…
Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place Movie Review
Title: Magic Trip: Ken Kesey’s Search for a Kool Place Directors: Alex Gibney and Alison Ellwood Coming off the success of “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” author Ken Kesey…