Film Reviews
It’s films like Angel’s Egg that make the critic feel like a charlatan, aimlessly looking for patterns in the entrails.
Homeroom is empowering and it is inspiring, bringing a fresh perspective to the events of 2020 and to the future.
The film flounders in its overly long crawl but makes up for it in a repulsive final twist.
Equal parts fantastic and frustrating, Ema soars sky-high but cannot maintain those heights over the course of the film.
While it is less gory, especially in the film’s conclusion, it leaves a twist and an ending that speaks to the possibility of more films to come.
Not everyone will be won over by the weirdness of Annette, but for those who are, they will absolutely love it.
Under the Volcano chronicles the life of “Fifth Beatle” Sir George Martin’s secret recording studio in the Caribbean.
Naked Singularity tries to connect the legal and sci-fi elements of its story but ends up not quite capturing either aspect of the film.
New York Asian Film Festival 2021 Part One: ESCAPE FROM MOGADISHU, NINJA GIRL and BARBARIAN INVASION
In her first report from the New York Asian Film Festival, Lee Jutton reviews Escape from Mogadishu, Ninja Girl and Barbarian Invasion.
It’s not a perfect specimen in filmmaking, but My Sassy Girl is an imperfect exercise in romantic storytelling that can’t help but win you over.
The latest film from writer-director Anne Fontaine is a new take on an old legend: that of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
The Green Knight is an immersive, beautifully photographed if sometimes frustratingly structured fantasy adaptation.
Ryan Andrew Hooper’s The Toll is a Welsh Western that takes its cues from Clint Eastwood’s Unforgiven and flips them on their head.
Ghost ultimately haunts the viewer with tight dialogue, brave character development, and powerful storytelling.
In The Hidden Life Of Trees, conservationist Peter Wohlleben is a modern-day Lorax as he educates and speaks for the trees.
