2010s

Far East Film Festival 2020: THE WHITE STORM 2: DRUG LORDS
Far East Film Festival 2020: THE WHITE STORM 2: DRUG LORDS

While The White Storm 2: Drug Lords is an entertaining piece of filmmaking, it just fails to engage in a way that its premise would have suggested.

FAR EAST FILM FESTIVAL 2020: CHASING DREAM
Far East Film Festival 2020: CHASING DREAM

Chasing Dream has a lot of the trademark technical and narrative notes that seem fitting of a To-helmed Milkyway Image production.

YEAR OF THE RABBIT Season 1: Captivating, Atmospheric, and Witty Comedy
YEAR OF THE RABBIT Season 1: A Captivating, Atmospheric, And Witty Comedy

Year of the Rabbit thrives in its beautiful blending of cinematography, music, and script that all come together to create an experience you do not want to miss.

ALMAYER'S FOLLY: The Quiet Violence of Colonialism
ALMAYER’S FOLLY: The Quiet Violence of Colonialism

Almayer’s Folly is a movie that quietly but forcefully acknowledges Chantal Akerman’s feminism, accommodating the racial imbalances with equal space as the gender dynamics.

DIE BEAUTIFUL: In Memoriam of a True Queen
DIE BEAUTIFUL: In Memoriam Of A True Queen

Die Beautiful offers a refreshing and invigorating perspective on life and death; the culmination of human experience tucked in a casket.

INMATE #1: THE RISE OF DANNY TREJO: An Incredible Tale of Redemption
INMATE #1: THE RISE OF DANNY TREJO: An Incredible Tale of Redemption

Inmate #1 is a powerful and poignant story with a fairy tale ending that will have you believing miracles really do come true.

THE TRUTH: You Can't Trust Memory
THE TRUTH: You Can’t Trust Memory

The Truth is an impeccable and intimate view into the quietly tumultuous relationships between mothers and daughters and the shape they take into adulthood.

FAMILY ROMANCE, LLC: A Wonderfully Weird Little Ditty from Werner Herzog
FAMILY ROMANCE, LLC: A Wonderfully Weird Little Ditty from Werner Herzog

The kind of film that could only come from the mind of Werner Herzog, Family Romance, LLC is absolutely fascinating.

HOUSE OF HUMMINGBIRD: The Girlhood Gaze
HOUSE OF HUMMINGBIRD: The Girlhood Gaze

House of Hummingbird isn’t the easiest of films to watch, but it is definitely one of the most rewarding.

BLK Docs 2020: WILMINGTON ON FIRE
BLK Docs 2020: WILMINGTON ON FIRE

Wilmington on Fire maintains its path of creating a strong and comprehensive account of the political mood of the time and the world that was left.

Queerly Ever After #29: GOING DOWN IN LA-LA LAND (2011)
Queerly Ever After #29: GOING DOWN IN LA-LA LAND (2011)

From the premise, it seemed like it could be a sort of lascivious movie, but Going Down in La-La Land was a surprisingly entertaining film.

FISHERMAN'S FRIENDS: A Beautiful and Melodic Tale of Friendship
FISHERMAN’S FRIENDS: A Beautiful And Melodic Tale Of Friendship

Fisherman’s Friends eagerly invites its audience in and provides a worthwhile and heartwarming story that will have you humming along.

HOMEWRECKER: The Manic Lovechild of '80s Slashers and Campy Classics
HOMEWRECKER: The Manic Lovechild of ’80s Slashers and Campy Classics

Every moment of Homewrecker, crazy or scary or just plain weird, is played with a lightness that makes it a joy to watch.

13 REASON WHY Season 4: Goodbyes Are Always the Hardest
13 REASON WHY Season 4: Goodbyes Are Always The Hardest

As Clay and his friends say good by to Liberty High, so too do we to the relevancy and unrelenting focus of a series unafraid to look away.

THIS TEACHER: A Lesson On How To Make A Great Character
THIS TEACHER: A Lesson On How To Make A Great Character

This Teacher isn’t a commercial film in its treatment of character, theme and aesthetic. But it’s one that deserves a mainstream audience.