Film Reviews
With strong performances by the young cast, and beautiful cinematography, Stray Dolls is an intriguing crime drama with an important insight into a forgotten part of American society.
Carried by Idir Ben Addi’s brilliant performance, Young Ahmed is an intriguing character study of one young man’s fanaticism, though one is still left wanting something more.
Resistance is a film that struggles to find its footing, though Eisenberg is always there to break its fall – for better or worse.
Agatha Christie’s The Pale Horse, though not quite a detective story, seems designed to test the genre’s rules, and also my patience.
Steam Room Stories: The Movie! is good, dumb, fun. Sometimes, that’s just what you need.
With The Other Lamb, Malgorzata Szumowska gives us a fresh perspective on the topic that proves to be just as challenging as it is wickedly absorbing.
Trolls World Tour finds a few of the right notes to pluck from its candy-coated guitar that it’s less likely to induce a headache than most manic animated features.
The 3-D Film Archive and Flicker Alley deserve credit for bringing these films back into the spotlight, where they can be seen by those who will appreciate them.
Query is charming and thoughtful short film, and a refreshing take on an important conversation we should all be having more.
While it might sound dense and only appealing to a niche demographic, Ghani’s immersive record is a curiosity that will satisfy any inquiring cinematic mind.
Despite a short runtime, Wives of the Skies packs a mighty punch when it comes to examining gender stereotypes. Lee Jutton reviews.
Selah and the Spades takes the traditional trappings of coming-of-age stories and views them through a filter of a calculated coldness.
Cargo fails on its promise to meld the concepts of science fiction, fantasy and Hinduism, and ends up feeling muddled.
Finding Yingying isn’t an easy watch, but this documentary is powerful in how it captures a family in their most vulnerable moments.
We review films from CPH:DOX 2020, the documentary festival that is now streaming online.