‘Deep Blue Sea’ transcends traditional storytelling to evoke tangles of love
The notion of love is a slippery thing, and the Deep Blue Sea, captures its elusive sensation with a visual patchwork of evocative and...
Tonal issues in Star Wars: The Last Jedi reveals problems with...
When I saw Looper back in 2012 (Looper smartens up sci-fi tropes to riveting effect) there was no denying director Rian Johnson had found his niche...
In the Land of the Enlightened where truth is found via...
In the documentary In The Land of the Enlightened two worlds collide visually, technically and spiritually. This is a hybrid documentary, meaning some shots...
Film Review: the insignificance of trauma in the land of ‘The...
My one complaint about The Loneliest Planet: it might seem rather long for its minimalist plot. Beyond that, the dramatic turning point key to...
Brad’s Status makes unlikable guy relatable via yin/yang and light/dark humor...
Existence can be a love it or hate it thing -- sometimes within the same moment. Some existential crisis films pick a side, but...
Results explores complexity of loving with endearingly flawed characters — A...
Results is one of the most creative, honest romantic comedies made recently. It follows the story of personal trainer Kat (Cobie Smulders), a driven...
Unexpected turns make a life in Things to Come — a...
The passage of time is tricky; it speeds up when we are enjoying an activity, only to slow down once we fixate on it...
Is That A Gun in Your Pocket? misses the comedic mark...
What better way to poke fun at gun-ownership issues than to use laughs for criticism. This is the well-intentioned journey that writer-director Matt Cooper...
2001: A Space Odyssey 50 years later on 70mm still transcendent
For all the writing I’ve done on the science fiction masterpiece that is Stanley Kubrick’s cinematic adaptation of 2001: A Space Odyssey (see the...
Miss Sloane features a great actress in a terrible movie —...
I've finally seen Jessica Chastain in a terrible movie. The always great actress plays a steely but tightly wound fast-talking, pill-popping con of a...