Category: Review
Review: Suntan
Argyris Papadimitropoulos is an okay director, nothing spectacular, we knew that already. Makis Papadimitriou already proved himself in the recent Chevalier so I wasn’t too…
Review: The Hollars
I could nitpick and find a trillion faults with this movie. The direction lacks any sort of inspiration, letting the viewer actually “feel” the passive…
Review: The Salesman
Without it yet being an actual problem, watching this felt like Asghar Farhadi has become a bit too self-aware, dangerously close to falling into the…
LACMA Review: Personal Shopper
In their second collaboration, Kristen Stewart and director Olivier Assayas go down a creepy American in Paris Gothic film road with Personal Shopper. I was…
Review And Q&A: Personal Shopper
Personal Shopper is an emotional story about loss, luxury labels, comfy pullovers, ghosts, scooters, ectoplasm, and contacting the other side. Something for everyone, en fait….
Review: I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore
You might recognize Macon Blair from Gold, Green Room, and as the lead in Blue Ruin, but with this new Netflix release, I Don’t Feel…
Review: Passengers
Morten Tyldum decided that after making the pulsating, brilliant Headhunters in his native Norway that he would downgrade, flying off to make the English-language The Imitation…
Review: Incarcerating US
Getting to sit both sides of the high fence is a real viewers’ privilege when it comes down to documentaries depicting the parts of the…
Review: One Day in April
One Day in April sets off as it means to go on, a steady pedal towards a chunk of local glory in Indiana, often dashing…
Review: Loving
Companionship derived through pure love is tough at the best of times, but for the likes of Richard and Mildred Loving their struggles were not…
Review: The Wailing
Forget about what you expect going into Na Hong-jin’s extraordinary The Wailing, a shape-shifter of a film, part detective story, part mystery, part thriller, part…
Review: Your Name
It is not always enough to say we enjoyed the motion pictures that slipped under the viewing net, because we loved them so. The wife…
Review: Allied
Headed by two beloved acting forces Marion Cotillard and Brad Pitt, with a well-established film-maker of the last 30 years Robert Zemeckis, a critically acclaimed…
Review: Split
Here I am, about to disagree with the popular view again. Watching this did not make me think Shyamalan is “back”, or has vastly improved…