Tanna tells traditional story of untraditional people with traditional Hollywood flair...
Australia's entry to for consideration in the foreign language competition from the Academy of Arts and Sciences is a commendable affair. Tanna tells the story about...
Magellanes is an excellent political thriller that reveals Peru’s history –...
“Memory is a mirror that scandalously lies.” –Julio Cortázar
Tapping into generalized trauma resulting from the armed conflict in Peru between the army and the...
Deepwater Horizon and the fragility of humanity in the face of...
With Deepwater Horizon, director Peter Berg returns to another botched, fatal mission featuring Mark Wahlberg. Whereas Lone Survivor (2014) involved the military and bad communication that ended...
Come What May offers a striking reminder of the perils of...
Wars are shocking and impactful phenomena that have devastating consequences for the human experience. As Betrand Russel once said, “War does not determine who...
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...
Loneliness, Anger and Loss in Max Rose — a film review
Memory is a funny thing, it ebbs and flows with one’s mood and circumstances and so does perspective. In Max Rose, we meet a...
In Seed: The Untold Story food commodification means bad news —...
Our earth is a delicate, sensitive, living, breathing organism that needs the care and attention we have not given it. Taking it for granted...
In The JT LeRoy Story a con artist finds her way...
The latest documentary by director Jeff Feuerzeig, The JT Leroy Story, explores the making of the character of JT Leroy, an author who rose to...
Fantastic Planet still stands as a unique vision of profound science...
The science fiction film genre offers so much potential. It's too bad that it's so easy to screw up (see this recent review). But...
The People vs. Fritz Bauer has lots of drama, not enough...
The People vs. Fritz Bauer presents the story of Attorney General Fritz Bauer, a Jew on a quest to prosecute the crimes of the...