London Film Festival Review: Gemini – “Thrilling, suffocating, and moody”
Gemini starts with a black screen, then cuts to a girl holding an iPhone in a car, moonlight catching her face, as psychedelic electronica...
Read MoreReview – Kingsman: The Golden Circle – “The puppies are cute”
Kingsman: The Golden Circle is the sequel to 2014’s Kingsman: The Secret Service. Director Matthew Vaughn (Layer Cake) returns, along with...
Read MoreLondon Film Festival Review: Beauty and the Dogs – “Flawless and harrowing and so important”
Beauty and the Dogs (Aala Kaf Ifrit) follows a woman in Tunisia through a painfully long night as she tries to press charges against the...
Read MoreLondon Film Festival Review: Beast – “A beautifully twisted delight”
Beast begins with a strong and engaging opener that leaves you feeling like you know exactly what’s happening… and then spends...
Read MoreTIFF Review: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri – “Brilliant”
It is really hard to blend comedy and tragedy together and do it well. Even Shakespeare had two different kinds of plays. It’s...
Read MoreTIFF Review: Brad’s Status
A father experiences a mid-life crisis as his son goes about applying and touring different universities. When reflecting upon and...
Read MoreTIFF Review: Hostiles – “Gorgeous”
A U.S. Calvary Captain on the verge of retiring escorts a Cheyenne Chief and his family back to Montana. After her husband and children...
Read MoreTIFF Review: The Wife -“Excellent “
When I exited the premiere of The Wife, I heard, more than once, the utterance from women in the crowd, “I could relate to that...
Read MoreTIFF Review: Paul Schrader’s First Reformed
The suicide of a parishioner causes a church minister to question the religious institution that he represents. A young pregnant woman...
Read MoreTIFF Review: Kings -“It feels as if too much was taken out”
Though the film Kings has been in production obviously much longer, perhaps in the wake of the recent happenings in Charlottesville its...
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