Film Review: 'La Camioneta' dwells on the edge of greatness but...
Well-intended documentaries do not always make for great documentaries. Such is the case with La Camioneta, a short documentary about a U.S. school bus’...
Film Review: Computer Chess reveals the mystical in the cyber
A rather cute notion clouds the mystical existential drama of Computer Chess, the new film by Andrew Bujalski. Just before the dawn of personal computers,...
Film Review: 'Paradise Faith' focuses on personal drama via too easy...
The Paradise trilogy by Ulrich Seidl continues with another film featuring a raw look at social hypocrisy. However, where Paradise: Love put the lens on...
Film Review: 'Museum Hours' poetically melds life, death and art
In the 1958 comedy by Ronald Neame, the Horse’s Mouth, the film’s main character, an artist named Gulley Jimson, portrayed as equal parts guru...
Film Review: ‘Only God Forgives’ is a problematic, distancing art film
Note: This is an in-depth analytical review, several weeks after the U.S. premiere of this film. It may contain spoilers.
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After breaking...
Film Review: 'Blackfish' presents brutal picture of orcas in captivity
Blackfish trains its lens on killer whales in captivity and the cover-up of tragedies involving one orca in particular who seemed to turn psychotic:...
Film Review: ‘Fruitvale Station’ fuels heartache with intimacy
Early this year, I noticed fervent statements on Twitter regarding the next “big” film out of Sundance: Fruitvale. Later re-titled Fruitvale Station, the film had been...
Film Review: 'The Hunt' examines influence of the crime on judgement
As one can expect from the director who made a name for himself with the Celebration, Thomas Vinterberg’s the Hunt (Jagten) feels like a brutal roller coaster...
My personal favorite film: ‘Rumble Fish;’ read my ode to Coppola’s...
Whenever I am asked what my favorite movie is, I declare, from the gut, without hesitation: 1983's Rumble Fish, by Francis Ford Coppola, starring...
Film Review: 'Augustine' reaches for feminism in the 'hysterical' era
If you want to see how hard it must have been to exist as a single woman in 19th Century Europe, Augustine presents a...