Michael says: “Belmost World Film Festival had a really strong line-up of international films this year, screening each one virtually for a week through April and into May. I caught THE DAZZLED, French actress Sarah Suco directed this semi-autobiographical film about
Michael says: “The first film by Farhadi that I saw was the riveting A SEPARATION, released in US in 2012, which I didn’t realize was his first film until quite a bit later. His follow-up film, the nearly as riveting
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
