Reviews

MVFF38: ‘Carol’ starring Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara

  Set in an era when glances an small gestures speak volumes, Todd Haynes’s Carol is a luscious and profound… Read More

October 12, 2015

MVFF38 Review: ’45 Years’

  Is there anything more insidious than a secret? Kate and Geoff Mercer (Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay) lead a… Read More

October 10, 2015

MVFF38 Review: ‘Spotlight’

  Telling the story of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Boston Globe reporters whose 2001 investigation broke through the systemic cover-up of… Read More

October 9, 2015

MVFF38 Preview: ‘Brooklyn’

  The story of young Irish immigrant Eilis Lacey (played by Saiorse Ronan) coming to America in the 1950s, Brooklyn… Read More

October 7, 2015

MVFF38 Preview: ‘I SMILE BACK,’ starring Sarah Silverman

  Comedian Sarah Silverman is a complete revelation in her first leading dramatic film role as an upper class soccer… Read More

September 30, 2015

MVFF38 Preview: ‘TRUTH,’ starring Cate Blanchett and Robert Redford

  Based on the book “Truth and Duty: The Press, The President and the Power of Privilege” by Pulitzer and… Read More

September 30, 2015

REVIEW: Foreign Language Film Oscar Winners 1947-1951

As the deadline for 2015 entries for the Foreign Language Film Oscar approaches (October 1st), AwardsWatch contributor Jeff Beachnau (Worst… Read More

September 28, 2015

TIFF Review: ‘Freeheld,’ starring Julianne Moore and Ellen Page

  We now live in an era where gays have the same rights to marriage that has been open to… Read More

September 15, 2015

Is The Danish Girl Sending a Dangerous Message About Trans* People?

  One only has to hear Tom Hooper and Eddie Redmayne passionately discuss the research they did in preparation for… Read More

September 14, 2015

REVIEW: ‘Grandma’ (★★★½)

  Sometimes endings are beginnings. In Grandma, the new film by Paul Weitz (American Pie, About a Boy), we start… Read More

August 19, 2015

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