Michael says: “Ah, where do I start with the work of Xavier Dolan. His first film, I KILLED MY MOTHER, was a tour de force for me. A beautiful, emotional story, and an audacious and artistic feature directorial debut. Dolan
Thom says: Last year Ari Aster appeared out of nowhere with his first feature the terrifying HEREDITARY which ended up my favorite film of 2018. So I had enormous expectations for MIDSOMMAR & the viewing actually exceeded them. I was
Jason says: “One of the best sorts of mysteries plunges its detective into a world not his own, such that figuring out how this other culture works is an important part of finding the killer. Some sort of personal growth
Jason says: “GORI TERE PYAAR MEIN is a movie about a layabout becoming a productive and charitable member of society, and maybe it takes that lesson too well to heart. For all that there are moments of it being sweet,
Jason says: “In the opening segment of THE SORCERER AND THE WHITE SNAKE (aka IT’S LOVE), an ice harpy played by Vivian Hsu throws boulder-sized hailstones at demon-hunting monk Fahai, who is able to dodge and counter-attack three or four
Bruce says: “Pedro Almodóvar is on a creative treadmill and desperately needs to hop off. Nothing about BROKEN EMBRACES seems fresh and engaging. Once again his plot centers on various characters harboring secrets that they withhold from each other and
Diane says: “This story of an early twentieth-century musicologist (Janet McTeer) experiencing music that speaks to her heart instead of her mind–in the North Carolina mountains–was just as hackneyed as the trailer threatened. Sets and blocking (and how often do
Howard says: “Very cute & enjoyable film. A bit fluffy, but who cares? Peter McDonald is so charming and wonderful as Brendan. A great, feel-good movie that people who love film should see. Brendan is a film buff and a
