Film Reviews

Cannes Review: Paul Dano’s assured directorial debut ‘Wildlife’ starring Carey Mulligan and Jake Gyllenhaal

[divider style="normal" top="20" bottom="20"] The fracturing of an American family in 1960 is at the center of Wildlife (based on… Read More

May 10, 2018

Cannes Review: Kirill Serebrennikov’s arthouse crowdpleaser ‘Leto’

LETO, directed by Kirill Serebrennikov (courtesy Cannes Film Festival) Kirill Serebrennikov’s LETO is a tribute to music, dreams of youth… Read More

May 10, 2018

Cannes Review: A.B. Shawky’s gripping and emotional debut ‘Yomeddine’

[divider style="normal" top="20" bottom="20"] Rarely do debut features play in competition at Cannes. In fact, of the debut features that… Read More

May 9, 2018

Cannes Review: Wanuri Kahiu’s touching if familiar lesbian romance ‘Rafiki’

[divider style="normal" top="20" bottom="20"] Kena, short for Makena (played by Samantha Mugatsia) lives in the Slopes district of Nairobi, Kenya… Read More

May 9, 2018

Cannes Review: Ciro Guerra and Cristina Gallego’s immersive and unforgettable ‘Birds of Passage’

In his follow-up to the Oscar-nominated EMBRACE OF THE SERPENT, Colombian director Ciro Guerra teams up with director Cristina Gallego to… Read More

May 9, 2018

Cannes Review: Asghar Farhadi’s ‘Everybody Knows’ is too safe and too slow to engage

[divider style="normal" top="20" bottom="20"] Everybody Knows opens in an aging bell and clock tower of a quiet Spanish town. There… Read More

May 8, 2018

2018 Cannes at a Glance

The 2018 Cannes Film Festival is this week and this page will be your updated Cannes at a Glance featuring… Read More

May 7, 2018

Review: Charlize Theron hits the mother load in ‘Tully’ (★★★½)

[divider style="normal" top="20" bottom="20"] Charlize Theron is a deliriously committed actress. Whether it’s being in top shape and doing her… Read More

April 30, 2018

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

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