Another Trip Back Into the Woods of the Massive Cult Hit
Directed by Adam Wingard/2016
In 1999, The Blair Witch Project shook the film world. What it d...
A Hilarious Journey Through New Zealand
DIRECTED BY TAIKA WAITITI/2016
Hunt for the Wilderpeople is from director Taika Waititi, who directed What We Do in ...
Shine as Little Light as Possible on this Movie
DIRECTED BY DAVID F. SANDBERG/2016
The short film that the new horror film Lights Out is based on, which goe...
Documenting the Deterioration of a City
DIRECTED BY ABEL FERRARA/Italian/2009
STREET DATE: July 12, 2016/ RARO VIDEO and KINO LORBER
There’s no reason to...
Faith is 24 Hours of Doubt and one Moment of Hope
DIRECTED BY ANNE FONTAINE/FRENCH, POLISH, RUSSIAN/2016
World War II has been extensively covered by films ...
The Several Lives of a Poor, Misfortunate Dog
DIRECTED BY TODD SOLONDZ/2016
Wiener dogs are just adorable. Loyal, cute in spite of their awkwardness, and with ...
An Emotional Journey From the Backwoods of Romania. Now on DVD
Director: Radu Jude/Romanian/2015
About 10 years ago, Romania made a big splash on the internati...
The Purge Series is Asking for a Third Term
DIRECTED BY JAMES DEMONACO/ 2016
The politics of the Purge films have always confused me. The whole premise of crea...
Once Upon A Time, In A Far Away Land…
An apology upfront for that oh so predictable opening line. Some might even so far as to call it “tired”. But really, I'm...
A Slice of Brazilian Life, Now On DVD
DIRECTED BY ANNA MUYLAERT/PORTUGESE/2015
The term “second mother” in the new Brazilian film of the same title, The Sec...
Paul has written about politics and baseball for other outlets in the past. Besides cinema, he cites baseball, music and fitness as other key passions in his life. His reviews are humorous and sometimes cutting, aiming to get at central themes of any given movie. For him, the value of film lies in the way the art form can use plot, vision and sound to create stories of flawed, relatable people that are riveting and allegories for deeper things.
