Category: Review
Rewind – 2007 in Film: Once
One note, one chord, one lyric can connect us all to music. At any moment, a song or a voice can inspire you to want…
Rewind – 2007 in Film: Lars and the Real Girl
The romantic comedy genre is one that almost by necessity feels as though it follows a specific template. And most of its films can be…
Review: Booksmart (2019)
Molly and Amy (fantastic Beanie Feldstein and Kaitlyn Dever) are about to graduate from high school. The pair have spent their school years focusing on…
Rewind – 2007 in Film: Atonement
Film, like every art medium, has the power to evoke emotions from all of us. It also has the responsibility of telling a story. A…
Cleveland International Film Festival Review: Rafiki
Rafiki is an absolute success. It premiered at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival—notably as the first Kenyan film to ever be screened there—then subsequently vied…
Around the World in 80 Films: Bedevilled
My Around the World adventure has seen me encounter a wide range of films, some of which have been incredibly hard to stomach, let alone…
Rocketman (2019) Review
There’s a promise in the magnificent spectacle of Rocketman. It’s as cool and quirky as the man who sparks the inspiration but there’s something hauntingly…
Rewind – 2007 in Film: No Country for Old Men
The quiet wind is the first sound heard, and then the wide plains open before our eyes as the sun rises over the blackness of…
Allison in Cannes 2019, Part Seven: Abou Leila; Portrait of a Lady on Fire; Adam
Abou Leila “We’ve all gone mad. All of us.” Algeria in 1994 was a dangerous place. People were shot and knifed at every turn, and…
Allison in Cannes 2019, Part Six: On a Magical Night; Liberté; Share; Land of Ashes
On a Magical Night “Why awaken the past?” Chambre 212 opens comedically with Maria (Chiara Mastrioanni), à law professor that gets entangled in an extramarital affair….
Allison in Cannes 2019, Part Five: Port Authority; Joan of Arc
Port Authority Danielle Lessovitz brings us a male-centric, slow burn film that slowly introduces female characters. The main character, Paul (Fionn Whitehead, Bandersnatch), brings us his…
Allison in Cannes 2019, Part Four: Des Hommes, Sorry We Missed You; Papicha; Burning Ghost
Des Hommes Pretty unexhilarating take on the prison system in France. There have been better documentaries on prison reform. Sorry We Missed You “Who cares.”…
Allison in Cannes 2019, Part Three: Beanpole; The Swallows of Kabul; A White, White Day
Beanpole Some moments of the movie were framed so perfectly… like it was a modern Persona. Unfortunately, the story and actresses don’t measure up to an…
Allison in Cannes 2019, Part Two: Litigante; Bull; As Happy as Possible
The Defendant Litigante is a family D-R-A-M-A. It concerns a single mother who is trying her best to balance work, her energetic son who is a…
