Film Reviews

REVIEW: ‘Creed’ (★★★★)

  In a year that has been filled with remakes, sequels and reboots it’s hard to imagine that what seems… Read More

November 28, 2015

AFI Review: Angelina Jolie Pitt’s ‘By the Sea’ (★★)

  Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s By The Sea attempts to break down and humanize two of the most alien… Read More

November 6, 2015

REVIEW: Foreign Language Film Oscar Winners 1952-1957

After the first five foreign film winners coming from Italy, France, and Japan, the Academy decided to change it up… Read More

October 26, 2015

REVIEW: ‘Room’ (★★★★)

  A story of mother-child devotion, Lenny Abrahamson’s Room, based on Emma Donoghue’s book, is a stunning exploration of commitment,… Read More

October 22, 2015

REVIEW: ‘Miles Ahead’ (★★★)

  “Get the fuck off me, Hitler” Don Cheadle’s gaudy, prismatic passion-project biopic Miles Ahead just had its world premiere.… Read More

October 14, 2015

REVIEW: ‘Beasts of No Nation’ is a truly harrowing masterpiece (★★★½)

  Agu and his family in West Africa live a simple but happy existence. They laugh, play, fight, burp and… Read More

October 13, 2015

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

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