Category: Review
Indiana Jones and the Nasty, Mean-Spirited Sequel
I’m just going to come right out and say it: I really did not enjoy sitting through Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. I can’t, for the…
Raiders of the Lost Ark: Spielberg's Fury Road
By the time I was born in 1990, Steven Spielberg, through triumphs like Jaws, Close Encounters, and E.T., had already cemented himself as one of…
Let's Talk About Catch Me If You Can
Whenever people talk about the historical prestige films that Steven Spielberg has made over the years, they talk about films like Schindler’s List, The Color Purple, and Lincoln….
Review: Justice League
We’ve been waiting for this film ever since Tim Burton’s Batman appeared on our screens back in 1989 (my birth year), and it’s taken nearly…
Review: Dee Rees' Essential Mudbound
Mudbound is many things at once: A demonstration of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, a portrait of racial tensions in rural America, and a universal telling of…
Review: The Florida Project
“Childhood means simplicity. Look at the world with the child’s eye – it is very beautiful.” Kailash Satyarthi In Sean Baker’s excellent The Florida Project we…
Review: Call Me By Your Name
A review by Bianca Garner “Nature has cunning ways of finding our weakest spot.” These words are profound and they sum up the power of…
Rat Film Is Perhaps The Most Arresting Documentary Of The Century
At last, it’s what we’ve been asking for: a documentary about Baltimore’s storied rat infestation. What if a documentary compared the lives of rats to…
Warehoused: The Documentary Film Takes Us To The Refugee Camps Of Kenya
With the candid, provoking feature-length documentary Warehoused, from Life Is My Movie Entertainment, I was not only reminded of the power of the non-fiction genre,…
Darren Aronofsky's Mother! Proves To Polarize With Its Ambiguity
So many things to say about Darren Aronofsky’s new film, Mother!. First, I want to express that I really liked it. It’s scary, intense, emotional,…
'I'm Not Ashamed' Review: Pandering For Jesus (And Columbine)
On April 20, 1999, two high school seniors, Eric Harris and Dyland Klebold, opened fire on the grounds of Columbine High School, killing twelve students…
Maren Ade’s Latest Film Toni Erdmann Is Both Long And Alluring
When the movie Toni Erdmann entered our lives last May we assumed without agenda this was about a father’s relationship with his (grown-up) daughter. Which…
Watch: Saranne Bensusan’s 12 Minute Short Film Mano a Mono
Roughly twenty years is probably enough time for most audience members, if not this particular critic, to forget one of the most famous twists in…
NZIFF Review: The Square
After a satisfyingly diverse NZIFF for 2017, all eyes were on the Closing Night film, Ruben Östlund’s Palme d’Or winning satire The Square. Not only…
