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,
