Category: Review
Allison in Cannes 2019, Part One: The Dead Don’t Die
The Dead Don’t Die While I felt fortunate to see The Dead Don’t Die on the evening of the French release, it was very slow and derivative….
Festival de Cannes 72 Countdown: La piel que habito / The Skin I Live In, 2011
We excitedly countdown to the 72nd Festival de Cannes with a different prize winning film each day. La piel que habito / The Skin I…
Festival de Cannes 72 Countdown: Drive, 2011
We excitedly countdown to the 72nd Festival de Cannes with a different prize winning film each day. Drive, 2011 Prix de la mise en scène…
Festival de Cannes 72 Countdown: I, Daniel Blake, 2016
We excitedly countdown to the 72nd Festival de Cannes with a different prize winning film each day. I, Daniel Blake, 2016 Palme d’Or – Ken…
Masterpiece Memo: Pedro Almodóvar's Hable con ella / Talk to Her, 2002
*** Potential spoilers ahead *** Spanish comedy-melodrama, lascivious, vibrant, organic, is Pedro Almodóvar‘s forte. Though it is fair to declare that he is the master…
Review: Avengers: Endgame
Avengers: Endgame is an epic. To call it anything less, would be a disservice. To call it anything more, shortsighted. It pays homage to the…
Festival de Cannes 72 Countdown: American Honey, 2016
We excitedly countdown to the 72nd Festival de Cannes with a different prize winning film each day. American Honey, 2016 Prix du Jury – Andrea…
Festival de Cannes 72 Countdown: Barton Fink, 1991
We excitedly countdown to the 72nd Festival de Cannes with a different prize winning film each day. Barton Fink, 1991 Palme d’Or – Joel Coen,…
Anna Radchenko, Kokosmos
On April 12th, Russia celebrated something called Cosmonautics Day. Commemorating the very day that Yuri Gagarin achieved First Man in Space status, in 1961. I…
Cleveland International Film Festival: Slut in a Good Way
Slut in a Good Way is a sex-positive comedy with a feminine edge. Sophie Lorain, in her second directorial outing, celebrates the sexual cravings of…
Documentary Review: Apollo 11
Apollo 11 is about as pure cinema as you can get. This is an experience movie, something that taps into the feeling of seeing images…
Rewind : 1993 in Film – Three Colors: Blue
Suspended in our minds when we start Three Colors : Blue is the image of a fluorescent blue candy wrapper which is clutched in a…
Rewind: 1993 in Film – Philadelphia
“The streets of heaven are too crowded with angels. We know their names. They number the thousands for each red ribbon we wear tonight.” Arriving…
Wild Thing: Wild Rose Review
Jessie Buckley wowed audiences in last year’s chilling thriller Beast. She gave an outstanding performance as a young woman who tries to protect her new…
