The Ornithologist is a beautifully shot existential adventure film – a...
The expanse of storytelling in movies can be so impressive. Portuguese indie filmmaker João Pedro Rodrigues has long demonstrated a talented knack for breaking the...
The Big Sick offers quaint comedic drama on love, prejudice and...
Based on his experiences as a first generation Pakistani man living in the U.S., Kumail Nanjiani and his girlfriend, Emily V. Gordon’s script for...
The Beguiled charms in atmosphere but falters on plot — a...
With The Beguiled, writer-director Sofia Coppola has created a movie undeniably rich in atmosphere but terribly clumsy in plotting. Depending on what you want...
On Andrei Tarkovsky’s science-fiction masterpieces Solaris and Stalker
We need Tarkovsky more than ever nowadays. His science fiction movies may seem quaint in the science-today where so many people are sucked into...
The best films of the 21st century – so far
Recently, "New York Times" film critics A.O. Scott and Manohla Dargis shared their list of the top 25 movies of the 21st century, so...
IndieEthos Insiders Tour 5: I, Daniel Blake breaks hearts with humanistic...
Politics and cinema has never mattered more to the British social-realist director Ken Loach. It was the election of a conservative government that brought him...
Best movies of 2017 – first half
We're halfway through the year, and I've just reviewed 19 films this year -- not counting festival recaps, like this and this. Looking ahead...
The Commune is just stupid adults doing stupid things– a film...
Anyone who has seen The Celebration, a Dogme film from 1998 by Thomas Vinterberg, knows that the Danish writer-director can take family dysfunction to...
Wonder Woman is a plus for the woman’s perspective in same...
In the shadow of the hype that we now finally have a Wonder Woman movie lies a clear truth about big budget studio productions: If you...
Paris Can Wait captures frustrating mysteries of love — a film...
Though straightforward and not without some technical impurities, not to mention a few trite romantic comedy tropes, Paris Can Wait has a creeping appeal...