Midnight Special makes for a riveting chase film suffused in mystery...
Few films hang on to such threads of suspension of disbelief as Midnight Special. I’m even going to expect people to say the film...
The Tribe depicts violent, unmuted world of Ukrainian deaf mafia with...
For all of its gimmicks -- a Ukrainian film inspired by silent movies that eschews subtitles and features a cast of deaf characters -- The...
‘Granito – How To Nail a Dictator’ explores routine complexity of...
It takes a true independent filmmaker to make a movie that dares to implicate the CIA in its role of facilitating the genocide of...
Leave No Trace explores a drama of codependency with naturalism and...
It has been eight years since Winter's Bone introduced Hollywood to Jennifer Lawrence. Everyone knows how that career has gone. In the meantime, that...
Mini-Miami Film Festival ‘Gems’ to bring Florida premiere of The Assassin...
Before we get to the titles, let's get some confusion out of the way: Last year, Miami-Dade College's Miami International Film Festival, gave South...
Marie’s Story is an example of powerfully made low-key cinema of...
Most everyone knows the true story about Helen Keller: In late 19h century Alabama, a near feral girl, who is deaf, mute and blind,...
Film Review: ‘Upstream Color’ settles on a fence of gaping interpretation
I consider Shane Carruth's Primer among the best films of I saw in 2004. I caught it in an almost empty theater during a free...
Film review: ‘Breathing’ or death and the 18-year-old orphan
Get intimate with death and realize life. This is the simple but profound notion that fuels the quiet drama of Atmen (Breathing). In the...
'Ai Weiwei: The Fake Case' explores Chinese artist's conceptual protest against...
It has been almost two years since Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry hit theaters (read my review). For a comprehensive film on the Chinese dissident...
Best indie films of 2019 on Jolt Radio podcast, episode 13
Regular readers of this blog probably know what my top movie of 2019 is, so no use playing coy. Still, I tried using an...