Laura says: “German cowriter (with Marie Noelle)/director Peter Sehr gets points for trying something different, but his radical choices, incoherent storytelling and truly head-scratching ending add up to an intriguing failure. Star Adrien Brody has always been interesting to watch,
Bruce says: “From the opening shot of a sunrise (in what appears to be real-time) until the closing crepuscular shot, the cinematography dictates the pace and mood of SILENT LIGHT, a film in which dialogue is a rarity. The story
Laura says: “DeNiro finally returns to form in his best dramatic outing since 1995 while up and comer James Franco proves his Golden Globe win for last year’s James Dean TV biopic was no fluke. Screenwriter Ken Hixon (INVENTING THE ABBOTTS)
Laura says: “”Producer Brian Grazer combines his passion for hip hop with a prestige director (Curtis Hanson, L.A. CONFIDENTIAL), a music superstar and a Rockyesque genre script for a solid commercial outing. 8 MILE isn’t a great film, but it is
Bruce says: “This dazzling film examines the recent financial crisis in an efficient, insightful way. For those of us who followed the debacle on a daily basis the basic facts are nothing new; for newcomers they are concisely summarized. The
Scot says: “Just watched the German film EVERYONE ELSE, which I quite enjoyed. My concise summary of the film is that it’s about that moment in a relationship when you see your partner deciding whether he/she would rather be a freak
Chris says: “Tanya Hamilton’s truly independent, long-gestating project is personal cinema of the sort one rarely sees anymore. Set in 1976 Philadelphia, it reunites two former Black Panthers: Marcus (Anthony Mackie), who returns to his old neighborhood after years in
Jason says: “There are a lot of fiction films that don’t set their main plot up as artfully as MINE does. After all, the title speaks pretty directly to what the movie is about, and yet director Geralyn Pezanoski is
Michael says: “Gentle and understated, but with real emotion that resonates, Javier Fuentes-León’s debut feature UNDERTOW touches upon love, death, and what it means to be a man in South America. Set in a visually stunning village on the coast
Vicki says: “An impressive period drama set in England right before World War 2, THE KING’S SPEECH tells the story of George VI who becomes king after his brother, Edward VII abdicates. Berte (Colin Firth) cannot make a speech without
Vicki says: “In this, his last film, Alain Corneau creates a taut psychological thriller with Kristin Scott Thomas and Ludivine Sagnier squaring off. Thomas plays Christine, a cold conniving high powered office executive to Sagnier’s seemingly innocent and supportive office
TC says: “Call me a flatterer, but Melissa Leo seems way way WAY too young to play the daughter of Michael Parks. But then again, it’s the kind of challenge that brings the best out of all her performances. As a
Scott says: “In a brief but pivotal scene, Frances Fisher provides the missing piece of the puzzle to the character of her estranged son, a rock and roll musician in the midst of a career meltdown and a surprising personal
Chris says: “In 1930, Detroit was America’s fastest-growing city. Today, in a postindustrial economy, it is the country’s fastest-shrinking one. In its meditative, collage-like approach, DETROPIA alternates stunning imagery of the city’s empty streets and ravaged, decaying landscapes with profiles
Toni says: “This Danish film contains several standout performances adroitly balancing the personal and romantic with the political and philosophical. Mikkel Boe Følsgaard plays the ‘crazy’ King who is more naïve and irrepressible, not suited to palace intrigue. Alicia Vikander
Brett says: “From Director Ben Wheatley comes this eerie tale whose paranoia and alarm runs parallel to the global COVID-19 pandemic, but as the viewer soon discovers, this is no “Coronavirus: The Movie.” “After an establishing montage of the haunting,
