Michael says: “Mantoa is an 80-year-old widow who has lost everything. Living in a small village in the Southern African country of Lesotho, she has buried her husband, her children, even her grandchildren, and is just waiting to die herself, despite
Michael says: “There’s nothing all that unique or original about Grégory Magne’s French comedy PERFUMES, but it’s quite noteworthy, and enjoyable, because it really does everything right. Guillaume is a chauffeur, whose recent traffic violations are making his boss reluctant
Michael says: “Bruce Greenwood is one of those unique actors with leading man characteristics and character actor chops. Some of his most memorable roles are star turns in such top-notch films as THE SWEET HEREAFTER and MEEK’S CROSSING, but his
Michael says: “The best horror films are usually allegories for circumstances based in reality, and UNDER THE SHADOW tackles several in its depiction of an apartment seemingly haunted by a spirit called a djinn. Shideh is facing a host of
Chris says: “Jim McKay wrote and directed one of my favorite films, OUR SONG two decades ago; since then, he’s mostly worked on various prestige TV series. I hadn’t even heard of this 2017 feature, his first in 12 years,
Philip says: “A great film, my only hesitation in giving it a perfect score stems from a desire to edit the last half. I also would have liked to have seen more of her relationship with Bankhead. 4 cats“
Michael says: “Stories of forbidden love are nothing new. Even adding a historical context, and a same sex passion isn’t all that original anymore. But that doesn’t mean you can’t do something beautiful with it. Witness this year’s Best Movie
Jeff says: “Zoe (Rose Matafeo) finds out she’s pregnant. It’s the worst possible time; an arborist who co-owns a successful tree service with her partner, Tim (Matthew Lewis), and a no-holds-barred adventurer (in her own mind anyway), she’s training for
Diane says: “MINARI is a gentle family drama, an autobiographical work by Korean-American director Lee Isaac Chung. Mother (Yeri Han) and father (Steven Yuen, also producer) are a loving couple divided by the conflicting drivers of dreams and practicality. The
Diane says: “Just saw MISHA AND THE WOLVES at Sundance. The director calls it ‘historical documentary that becomes psychological thriller.’ Misha Defonseca published a book in the late 1990s, and lived off the pursuant fame, about her childhood experience in
