2018 Berlin Film Festival Review: Cedric Kahn’s superbly acted and engaging ‘The Prayer’
Synopsis: A heroin addict enters a religious rehabilitation center far in the mountains in hopes of liberating himself from addiction. There he experiences religion, friendship... Read More
Film Reviews
2018 Berlin Film Festival Review: Benoît Jacquot’s ‘Eva’ starring Gaspard Ulliel and Isabelle Huppert is contrived and unconvincing
Synopsis: A playwright encounters a mysterious woman when he takes shelter in a chalet during a violent snowstorm. Benoît Jacquot’s EVA is a revenge thriller that... Read More
2018 Berlin Film Festival Review: Christian Petzold’s ‘Transit’
Synopsis: When a man flees France after the Nazi invasion, he assumes the identity of a dead author whose papers he possesses. Stuck in Marseilles, he... Read More
2018 Berlin Film Festival Review: The raw and essential doc ‘What Comes Around’
It’s been an interesting few years for Middle Eastern cinema at the Oscars, with several films from Lebanon (THE INSULT), Syria (LAST MEN IN ALEPPO... Read More
2018 Berlin Film Festival Review: ‘Damsel’ starring Mia Wasikowska and Robert Pattinson
Synopsis: A Western about a young man trying to free the love of his life after she is kidnapped and accompanies a priest in hopes... Read More
2018 Berlin Film Festival Review: ‘The Heiresses’
Synopsis: Due to bank debts, an elderly woman’s long life companion gets sent to jail. She is then left to contemplate on her past and... Read More
2018 Berlin Film Festival Review: ‘Isle of Dogs’
Synopsis: In Japan, after a wave of dog-flu hits the city’s dogs, they are all exiled to trash island. Meanwhile, one of the dog’s owners... Read More
2018 Oscars: Live-Action Shorts Reviews
The 2018 Oscar Nominated Short Films will be released in theaters on February 9th and On Demand February 27th before the Oscars on March 4th. Here... Read More
Retrospective: Worst Picture/Best Picture – Showgirls and Braveheart (1995)
Showgirls – “From the deer in the headlights performance of Elizabeth Berkley, to the so far over the top that you need a telescope to look... Read More
Review: ‘The Florida Project’ (★★★★)
[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Sean Baker excels at shining a light on people who feel or who are on the fringes of society. His iPhone-shot... Read More
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