Film Reviews
NewFilmmakers Los Angeles brings its NFMLA Monthly Film Festival online June 5 to 7. We cover 4 of the short films in the Asian Cinema program.
Despite not being as well known as some of his masterpieces, Why Does Herr R Run Amok? makes for an ideal introduction to Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
The buoyant mood of Kate Nash: Underestimate the Girl makes the documentary a joyous, inspirational ninety minutes.
While not shooting very high, The High Note is light, charming, and filled with all around winning performances.
Stephanie Archer continues her coverage of the online Tribeca 2020 Film Festival by taking a look at some more narrative short films.
This hilarious and poignant high school comedy is the perfect anecdote to soothe those quarantine woes and celebrate the arrival of summer.
Now available on Mubi, Ghost Town Anthology evokes the presence of a forgotten and bedeviled past buried underneath it.
Becky is an entertaining thrill ride but runs into trouble with its weak script and mediocre direction.
F.W. Murnau’s undeniable classic Nosferatu is a chilling, unsettling experience and a true case of mise en scène artistry.
In Shawn Cauthen’s Netflix vs. the World, we witness the rise of Netflix from a fledgling startup to a producer of original content that wins Academy Awards.
In Part 1 of our coverage for Tribeca’s Narrative Shorts, there was everything one would expect – intrigue, heart, and catharsis – each wrapped in their own stories and own voice.
Jaddoland’s depiction of immigant life through imagery and meditations will echo throurh ghte hearts and minds of its audience.
Full of innovation and imagination, The Vast of Night plays to the corners of the human mind that dare to dream and recoil from what we fear.
Boris And The Bomb not only tries to be bigger than the sum of its parts but also seems to have a lot of heart put into it, yet it never reaches the heights envisioned by its creators.
The Tell Tale Heart is a punky, blood-spattered thrill ride from McClain Lindquist, whose debut short film brings something quite new to Poe’s story.