Five Sisters, Not Easily Broken
Film #9: Mustang (2015)
Director: Deniz Gamze Urgüven
I write this review on International Women’s Day, and I couldn’t ha...
Love, Loneliness, Longing (And Puppets)
I have a friend who, after seeing an ambitious but puzzling film, will say, “I don’t know what it’s saying, but it’s sa...
Innocent Lamb, or a Lamb to Slaughter?
Lamb is a small film that is co-written, directed by, and starring Ross Partridge (Secret in Their Eyes). Ross plays Dav...
It's A Dangerous Business, Walking Out One's Front Door.
Telling stories is hard, you guys.
If your story is about a mother and child held captive in one ro...
An Ode To It
DIRECTOR: DAVID O. RUSSELL/2016
It’s been a year of joy at the cinema. The emotion has run the gamut of characters bearing the name to varying...
...Without Youth
DIRECTOR: PAOLO SORRENTINO/2015
The older one gets, the less anything matters.
So goes the observed mentality of the two main characters of&n...
Andrew Garfield And Michael Shannon Star In Foreclosure Drama
DIRECTED BY RAMIN BAHRANI/2015
Maybe doing the devil’s business isn’t so bad…
That’s the temptin...
Humble Gambling Drama Is A Safe Bet
DIRECTORS: ANNA BODEN, RYAN FLECK/2015
According to an official description of the new drama Mississippi Grind, the film...
A Stranger in a Strange Land Seeks her Fortune in Fargo, ND
DIRECTED BY DAVID ZELLNER/ENGLISH, JAPANESE/2015 (U.S. theatrical release)
Kumiko, played by Oscar ...
