Chris says: “The first half-hour, which mostly consists of an extended tracking shot is not only an impressive technical feat but also an effective choice in what it depicts (a nerve-wracking home childbirth.) However, the remainder vindicates my mixed feelings
Chris says: “A deep dive into Raag (Indian classical music) via Sharad, a performer/enthusiast of the stuff whom we first see accompanying his guru in concert. Where this varies from most films of this stripe is that, as it unfolds
Jason says: “HIGH-RISE carries so many illustrious pedigrees, such as the novel by science fiction author J.G. Ballard, and a committed performance by star Tom Hiddleston, and its press notes are filled with so many adjectives such as ‘ambitious’ and
Thom says: “I was to learn before the screening that Assayas had won the best script at the Venice Film Festival. If truly that is the case I’d hate to know what the other choices were as this autobiographical film
Julie says: “What bad things can you say about a movie with Helen Mirren and Anthony Hopkins ? Well worth seeing for their acting alone. Scarlet Johansson did a nice job as did the guy who played Anthony Perkins (James
Thom says: “Oh dear, Barry Levinson (MAN OF THE YEAR, LIBERTY HEIGHTS, BANDITS, GOOD MORNING, VIETNAM, WAG THE DOG, SLEEPERS, DINER, THE NATURAL, & YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES among others) has slipped to directing a horror, sci-fi, thriller about ‘found’ footage
Jason says: “I suppose I should just get the unfair comparison out of the way – LALAPIPO is not in the same class as KAMIKAZE GIRLS, PACO AND THE MAGIC BOOK, or MEMORIES OF MATSUKO. It’s only in the same
Jason says: “FINE, TOTALLY FINE has one of the highest quirk-to-story ratios ever recorded in a feature-length motion picture. It is, admittedly, though to measure, as both the plot and the digressions from it are so wispy that it’s almost
Michael says: “This film from New Zealand has been winning awards at film festivals the world over, and it’s much-anticipated release comes to Boston this weekend. I had been looking forward to it since it won the Audience Award in
Howard says: “See this before Tom Cruise’s company turns it into Hollywood schlock. THE EYE is the latest of the Asian films to be bought up by the power brokers in Tinsel Town and like THE RING will probably be
