All We Had tells the story of a homeless woman and her daughter and their struggles of having to refind a place in the world for themselves.
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back is a sequel that falls flat and misses the opportunity to create something worthwhile.
If the tank shot in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes left you slack-jawed, then get ready to have your mind blown by even more simian fighting in its sequel, War for the Planet of the Apes. As the third film in the reboot series, War has moved past the events depicted in the original films and allows returning director Matt Reeves to blaze his own path to ape supremacy. Caesar, it seems, is still destined to lead the way, but he learned in Dawn that humans and apes are capable of a range of interactions, leaving the temporary reconciliation at the end of Battle for the Planet of the Apes as a plausible ending for the reboot as well.
We caught up with writer/director Matthew Ross, about his terrific debut film Frank & Lola, starring Michael Shannon and Imogen Poots.
Sugar Mountain is a dark thriller about life in small-town America; with fine character acting and tension building, it’s a unique hit.
The Salesman is Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi’s attempt to have a four-in-a-row hot streak, taking the story of a traumatizing encounter and blending it with themes from the play “Death of a Salesman”.
We spoke with Michelle Kantor about her non-profit organisation Cinefemme, which supports women filmmakers in Hollywood with fiscal sponsorship, networking and more.
The documentary Off The Rails tells the unusual story of a man with Asperger’s whose extreme love for transit has landed him in jail 32 times.
Frank & Lola is an original look at a romantic relationship affected by past sexual abuse, and is presented in a mezmorizing noir tone.
The sequel of Guardians of the Galaxy will give us more Rocket & Baby Groot, more danceable music, and general Western/sci-fi fun.
Come, Sweet Death is an Austrian film from 2000 that, though grim and darkly funny, might be the perfect representation of the country.
With the spectre of white nationalism once again rearing its ugly head in the guise of the so-called ‘Alt-Right’, Matthew Ornstein’s profile of the musician, author, actor and lecturer Daryl Davis, Accidental Courtesy: Daryl Davis, Race & America couldn’t be more relevant. Davis has an unusual hobby for a black man:
Instead of focusing on literary legend Neruda’s full life, in NERUDA, Pablo Larraín focuses on the time Neruda spent running from the government.
Reality television might be a norm today, yet in past generations it didn’t exist; looking back, though, we can see its beginnings in film.
Anonymous is a film based on computer hacking, yet, with a less than subtle focus, it feels much like a tamer version of the show Mr. Robot.