Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe is a timely, poetic biopic —...
Stefan Zweig was a famous writer back when that profession could garner so much attention it felt like being a rock star. Stefan Zweig:...
Diplomacy through sports in On the Map — a documentary review
Sports have always been influenced by international politics. When it is hard to wrap our minds around the global order, one can always look...
Soundhunters is a musical journey for everyone – a documentary review
Our lives are made of music. We live in a sonically rich environment that often takes a keen ear to turn it into something...
Manchester by the Sea ruminates on death by focusing on irony...
It’s been a long time coming, but writer-director Kenneth Lonergan is back, and this time, there’s no ignoring his new movie. Manchester by the...
Anything is possible in the delightful, beautifully shot Eagle Huntress —...
There is something magical and pure about feminine strength in young girls, which usually begins to flail later on, as adolescence sets in. Disney...
American Psycho and the undying vitality of yuppie scum — a...
Bret Easton Ellis’ 1991 book American Psycho offered a rather harrowing look back at the seeming end of yuppie relevance in the late 1980s...
Key West Film Festival wraps 5th year with brilliant films big...
The Key West Film Festival celebrated its fifth annual iteration this past week. It’s a special kind of film festival in that it arrives...
Repression and its Discontents: Under the Sun presents radical truth through...
Documentaries are long-form investigative reports that try to portray true life events to illustrate or make a point. While not completely unbiased -- who...
Violence and coming of age in Kill Me Please — a...
Violence, the sexualization of the body and religious fanaticism clash in this powerful coming-of-age story. In Kill Me Please, a group of four young...
Nocturnal Animals uses conflicting narratives to reveal conflicting nature of love...
Typically, Hollywood movies celebrate weddings as a big, positive climax in a film’s plot line or even the ultimate goal of its protagonists. Reality,...