Chava Méndez has captured some amazing emotion and horror in his short ‘What’s Kept Inside’, which although is his directorial debut, is no doubt the beginning of a great career.
Read MoreOn the surface level, ‘All of You’ is a film about how often technology distracts us from connection, but it also works as a lesson that true love is measured by the lengths we go to protect the relationships that matter most.
Read MoreAt long last, director Paul Thomas Anderson and Leonardo DiCaprio collaborate for ‘One Battle After Another’, an offbeat, thrilling, and often hilarious adventure that earns its keep in the talented director’s already stunning filmography.
Read More‘Ed’ is a short film that further shows how far deep the hollowness within porn addiction really is, and what sort of price it robs men of.
Read MoreWatching Jeremy Renner’s music video ‘Wait’ isn’t just enlightening in how it beautifully showcases a father’s bond with his daughter, it further succeeds in using the trauma of Renner’s accident as a background aesthetic that although never mentioned, can still be felt in the soul of Renner’s music.
Read More‘Sunny Side Up’, a short film at this year’s Seattle Film Festival, is done with such masterfulness that its baffling that such a beautifully well acted, and whimsically playful film was made under a budget of just five hundred Euros.
Read More‘Anyhing Helps’ may not illustrate how to solve the problem of global homelessness, but it does show that communication and the love emulated from simple companionship can go a long way as a first step.
Read MoreUltimately, despite a strong premise, ‘Him’ ends up throwing a Hail Mary, which, if not fumbled, undoubtedly could have been more interesting than the end result.
Read MoreRomance stories are a dime a dozen, but Kogonada’s ‘A Big Bold Beautiful Journey’ dares to be different. However, despite the star power of its two considerably talented stars, this unconventional love story fails to leave a mark.
Read MoreWith a more contemplative approach to filmmaking, Steven Soderbergh reflects on his legacy through one of Ian McKellen’s best-ever performances in ‘The Christophers’, and marks the beginning of his late stage.
Read MoreThanks to its assured sense of style and magnifying performances from Tessa Thompson and Nina Hoss, director Nia DaCosta crafts her best-ever film with a modern adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler and takes ‘Hedda’ in more daring directions than its original author ever envisioned.
Read MorePark Chan-Wook redefines his filmography with his adaptation of Donald Westlake’s ‘The Ax’ in ‘No Other Choice’ and offers a once-in-a-generation lesson of pure cinema that anyone who appreciates the art form must see.
Read MoreIn recent years film has entered a reflective period where there seem to be more and more works that are about looking back and honoring what was. Nic Pizzolatto’s ‘Easy’s Waltz‘ slips right into this milieu, following a down-on-his-luck Las Vegas entertainer, Easy (Vince Vaughn) navigate his way through the Vegas show business.
Read MoreWhile Oliver Hermanus stuns with its patient visual language and soul-shocking musical sequences, ‘The History of Sound’s structure — and a miscast Paul Mescal — leaves a lot to be desired by the time the movie reaches its admittedly devastating epilogue.
Read MoreGuillermo del Toro and Toronto have a special relationship, and debuting the filmmaker’s passion project, ‘Frankenstein’, at Toronto’s festival just seems fitting.
Read MoreFor Channing Tatum fans, this is definitely not a film to miss – as always, he is a standout as his natural charisma brings a lot of life to ‘Roofman’ and makes the film more than worthwhile. Other audience members may not be convinced.
Read MoreWhile ‘If I Had Legs I’d Kick You’ may be inconsistent at times, Rose Byrne stuns in role as chaotic and spiralling mother who, despite her best efforts, is trapped in one dark spiritual hole after another.
Read MoreEven for the areligious viewer, Amanda Seyfried’s Ann, her passion and her fervor are tremendously transfixing in Mona Fastvold’s ‘The Testament of Ann Lee’.
Read MoreWhile ‘The Lost Bus’ follows the 2018 Northern California Camp Fire, the prevalence and recency of what seems to be an evermore common occurrence of mass wildfires in California makes the timely release of this project all the more topical.
Read MoreThe sardonic comedy ‘Bad Apples’ plants itself in utter absurdity, and yet, it may be an effective public service announcement for education reform.
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