Tag: 2024
London Film Festival Review: Maria (Pablo Larraín)
A whole life in just a few days, and what a life! Pablo Larraín’s trilogy-of-sorts about iconic women of the 20th Century concludes with his…
London Film Festival Review: Grand Tour (Miguel Gomes)
For all the lush scenery and exotic vistas with which it meets the eye, Miguel Gomes’ Grand Tour is a movie defined as much by…
London Film Festival Review: Blitz (Steve McQueen)
The cinema of suffering need not necessarily be a traumatic experience. In the 16 years since his first feature, Hunger, Steve McQueen has proved himself…
London Film Festival Review: Nickel Boys (RaMell Ross)
Subjectivity can be a hard thing to depict in cinema. Even in the most immersive, captivating movies, there exists the perpetual sense that we, the…
London Film Festival Review: Memoir of a Snail (Adam Elliot)
“Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards.” A Kierkegaard quote may strike one as an unusual jumping-off point for an…
Film Review: Great Performances Drive the Emotion in ‘His Three Daughters’
When you have three powerhouse actresses the caliber of Natasha Lyonne, Carrie Coon, and Elizabeth Olsen, there’s no reason to over-complicate a narrative. Luckily director…
Film Review: ‘The Bikeriders’ Rides High on Movie Star Charm
A breezy ensemble piece rides into town with Jeff Nichols’ The Bikeriders, a period crime drama starring Tom Hardy, Austin Butler, and Jodie Comer. Chronicling…
Film Review: ‘Kinds of Kindness’ is a Tough Sell (in Either Direction)
Yorgos Lanthimos’ Kinds of Kindness is going to be a problem. The worst film critic you know (or wannabe critic) will laud it as an underappreciated masterpiece….
Film Review: Richard Linklater Returns to Crowd-Pleaser with ‘Hit Man’
Coming-of-age stories. Decade-spanning humanist narratives. Rotoscoped paranoid thrillers. Richard Linklater is a member of a unique class of filmmakers whose next move can never be…
