Raw presents slyly visceral warning about Puritanism — a film review
Let’s start this review by separating the hype from the substance. A recent article by “The Hollywood Reporter” revealed several patrons at a Los...
The Lost City of Z presents duality of dreams via perilous...
The Lost City of Z has a divinely ominous quality. A roving camera fitted with wide lenses mightily seizes upon expanses and man’s place...
After the Storm and growing up in the face of dreams...
With After the Storm, Japanese writer-director Hirokazu Kore-eda continues to prove himself as one of the most sensitive observers of the intricacies in the...
Frantz reveals power of storytelling in buoying life — a film...
Drawing inspiration from and even giving screen credit to Ernst Lubitsch’s 1932 film Broken Lullaby, François Ozon’s Frantz presents the deep effects of war...
IndieEthos Insiders Tour 4: Personal Shopper of ghosts and identity —...
Though on its surface Personal Shopper is a ghost story/murder mystery, the film’s real concern is for identity and desire. It’s the kind of...
In Tesoros adventures create the basis for community — A Miami...
Tesoros, the wonderful new film by Director María Novaro, of Danzón fame, already stands as one of the best films this writer has seen this...
In Kedi cats rule the streets and offer insight into Turkish...
Kedi is a new documentary seemingly about street cats in Turkey. However, director Ceyda Torun goes so deep, she opens her storytelling to offer...
The Daughter features powerful acting but predictable plot – a film...
The film The Daughter opens at a small mill, which is about to close. The head of the factory, Henry Neilson (played masterfully by...
An older sister is unstoppable in Fanny’s Journey – a film...
The beautiful bucolic landscape of France and Italy is the place where Director Lola Dillon takes us to explore another angle of World War II....
The Salesman tests morals limits of a good husband — a...
It’s easy to consider hypothetical reactions when one is confronted with moral quandaries in the movies -- especially in Hollywood movies. Good and evil...