Category: Review
Femme Filmmakers Festival Review: Kristen Stewart’s Come Swim
Originally published November 15, 2017 Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live. — Norman…
Review: Cold War
Pawel Pawlikowski’s latest film Cold War, is the tale of two lovers and their troubled relationship, which spans across a decade and across several countries….
The Receptionist
Many of us have fallen on hard times, trying to make our pennies stretch until the end of the month, worrying about how we will…
Not Another Dumb Blonde: Mansfield 66/67
Despite being dubbed as another dumb blonde to rival Marilyn Monroe, Jayne Mansfield was actually a genius with very high IQ, of 163. In addition…
Indie Review: Malady (2015)
Hurt people, hurt people. I’m not sure where I first heard that phrase, but it came to mind repeatedly as I was watching Jack James’…
Estonian Fable ‘November’ is a True Cinematic Marvel
Even when we think we might have seen it all, cinema can still surprise us with hidden treasures. The farmer photographs of a certain Johannes…
Let's Dance: Review of Jean Claude Billmaier's Nulla
According to historical records, in 1518 there was a case of dancing mania that occurred in Strasbourg, Alsace, in the Holy Roman Empire. Where approximately…
Innocence Lost: Peter Weir's First Masterpiece, Picnic at Hanging Rock
“You must learn to love someone other than me, I won’t be here for long.” – Miranda In among the American heavyweight movies of 1975,…
1975 Review: Death Race 2000
Death Race 2000 is one of those films that’s eluded me my whole life. I remember seeing a poster for it about a decade back…
The Enduring Legacy of The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Every filmmaker hopes their piece of work will go on to become a classic. A film which people watch and discuss for decades to come….
Skammen: Ingmar Bergman Invades Us With A New Depth of Shame
The sounds of war accompany the opening title of Ingmar Bergman’s 1968 film Skammen (Shame). A tad unfamiliar to many Bergman regulars. Following the recent…
François Truffaut and Isabelle Adjani: Two of Cinema's Finest Recall L'Histoire d'Adèle H.
It may be neither here nor there as to how French filmmaking great, François Truffaut, shadowed some strong affections for the brash, bright actress, Isabelle…
With the Sins and the Redemption Comes The Virgin Spring
For 1960, The Virgin Spring is a real shape-shifter for the audiences back then fidgeting in their seats at such extraordinary, shocking story-telling. In fact,…
2018 First-Half Favorites: Annihilation
When asked about my favorite movies from the first half of 2018, there’s one film that remains head and shoulders above any other new release…
