Reviews

SFFILM Fest Reviews: ‘American Animals,’ ‘Miseducation of Cameron Post,’ ‘RBG,’ ‘We the Animals’

The 2018 San Francisco International Film Festival starts April 4th and runs through the 17th. Here are a few films… Read More

March 30, 2018

2018 Berlin Film Festival Review: ‘ In the Aisles’ is a touching and engaging surprise

Synopsis: Story of three supermarket workers whose lives intersect between the aisles of the store they work in. Not every… Read More

February 23, 2018

2018 Berlin Film Festival Review: Malgorzata Szumowska’s masterful and uncompromising ‘Mug’ (‘Twarz’)

Synopsis: Story of the first Polish citizen to undergo a face transplant. Malgorzata Szumowska’s MUG is a fascinating, unflinching and… Read More

February 23, 2018

2018 Berlin Film Festival Review: the engrossing, emotional and masterful ‘Boys Cry’

Synopsis: In Rome, two teenage friends descend into a life of crime hoping for a better future. It’s hard to… Read More

February 23, 2018

2018 Berlin Film Festival Review: ‘Museum’ (‘Museo’) is a great testament to Latin American cinema

Synopsis: Two young men decide to carry out a daring museum heist in Mexico. But things are never straightforward as… Read More

February 22, 2018

2018 Berlin Film Festival Review: Steven Soderbergh’s intriguing and superbly acted ‘Unsane’ with Claire Foy

Synopsis: After being a victim of stalking, a woman gets admitted by force into a mental health facility. Little does… Read More

February 21, 2018

2018 Berlin Film Festival Review: the indulgent misfire ‘My Brother’s Name is Robert and He is an Idiot’

Synopsis: Robert and Elena are two siblings living in a remote rural area. Elena is about to take her final… Read More

February 21, 2018

2018 Berlin Film Festival Review: an original and unorthodox look at Iranian cinema in ‘Pig (Khook)’

Synopsis: A blacklisted Iranian director is alarmed when several filmmakers are murdered around the country. He’s alarmed not only because… Read More

February 21, 2018

2018 Berlin Film Festival Review: Gus Van Sant’s ‘Don’t Worry He Won’t Go Far On Foot’

Synopsis: The story of American cartoonist John Callahan whose alcoholism led him to a permeant physical impairment and a career… Read More

February 20, 2018

2018 Berlin Film Festival: Emily Atef’s triumphant and poignant ‘3 Days in Quiberon’

Synopsis: Over the course of 3 days, late German actress Romy Schneider is interviewed in a hotel in France. Surrounding… Read More

February 19, 2018

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