Film Festivals

LFF Review: Alfre Woodard is mesmerizing in ‘Clemency’

Alfre Woodard in CLEMENCY (Courtesy of LFF / Paul Sarkis) A stark, sombre drama with barely a second's worth of… Read More

September 23, 2019

LFF Review: The fascinating, abstract ‘Monos’ marvels as much as it confounds

MONOS (Courtesy of LFF) There are monsters, and then there are monsters! Here, on this fertile, bounteous planet, the monsters… Read More

September 19, 2019

Telluride Review: Trey Edward Shults’ ‘Waves’ is an undeniable masterpiece

WAVES (photo courtesy of A24) "History never repeats itself but it rhymes." That Mark Twain quote is a wonderfully reoccurring… Read More

September 3, 2019

Telluride Review: ‘Judy’ is Renée Zellweger in peak form

Renée Zellweger as Judy Garland in JUDY (Photo credit David Hindley/Courtesy of LD Entertainment and Roadside Attractions) In Judy, Renée… Read More

August 31, 2019

Telluride Review: ‘Ford v Ferrari’ is a thrill ride with an emotional supercharge

Matt Damon and Christian Bale in Twentieth Century Fox’s FORD V FERRARI (Photo Credit: Merrick Morton TM and © 2019… Read More

August 30, 2019

Review: ‘After the Wedding’ is a dull and predictable melodrama despite a radiant Michelle Williams

(Photo: Elizabeth Fisher) Funny how things have a tendency to endure when there’s a bit of money behind them. Funnier… Read More

June 8, 2019

Review: Jennifer Kent’s brutal but brilliant ‘The Nightingale’

(Photo: IFC Films) The early career path of a breakthrough filmmaker can be a treacherous one. Respond to Hollywood’s call… Read More

June 5, 2019

Review: Emma Thompson is excellent in Mindy Kaling’s ‘Late Night’

Emma Thompson in Late Night (photo courtesy of Sundance Institute | Emily Aragones) Everything old is new again! Five or… Read More

June 3, 2019

Cannes Review: ‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’ is passionate, unconventional lesbian cinema

Adèle Hanel and Noémie Merlant in Céline Sciamma’s Portrait of a Lady on Fire (photo: MK2) Céline Sciamma’s Portrait of… Read More

May 26, 2019

Cannes Review: Elia Suleiman’s ‘It Must Be Heaven,’ is a political and sometimes brilliant meta commentary on Palestine identity

(Photo: Carole Bethuel) Elia Suleiman’s latest is a dryly comedic essay film on the Palestinian identity In the same vein… Read More

May 25, 2019

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