Getting older is no easy task in our current society. We are told through the media and advertisements that youth is coveted by all. Aging is considered the enemy. If you are someone in their forties, there are certain societal pressures as to where one is supposed to be in life. It is within this […]
Based on the well-known and much publicized true story of Maria Altman, an elderly Jewish refugee, who along with her young attorney E. Randol Schoenberg, fought the Austrian government tooth and nail for nearly ten years in an effort to get back a painting that was originally stolen by the Nazis before the start of […]
Tableau vivant (“living picture”) is the term that comes to mind during the memorable opening shot of Lisandro Alonso’s (Los musertos) latest film Jauja. The Argentinian filmmaker takes on the western genre without abandoning his auteurist principles. The result is a mesmerizing slow-burner which won the FIPRESCI prize of the Cannes film festival’s “Un Certain Regard”-section. The first tableau […]
Kriv Stender’s Kill Me Three Times is a revolutionary piece of filmmaking, in that, instead of having to watch a boring murder one time, we get to see it thrice. A gargantuan misstep of tone, perceived intrigue, and “twists,” Kill Me Three Times falls flat across the board. A completely underutilized Simon Pegg heads a […]
The Babadook is the directional feature debut from writer/director Jennifer Kent, making her stamp with a very atmospheric horror movie. Amelia (Essie Davis) is a widowed woman and a struggling single mother to her six-year-old son Samuel (Noah Wiseman). Samuel is a disruptive boy, making weapons and unable to sleep because of his fear of […]
Clint Eastwood, Kevin Costner, Mel Gibson, Tommy Lee Jones, Ben Affleck, Angelina Jolie… – the list of Hollywood stars who have had a go at directing is long. Now Russell Crowe joins their ranks with his historical drama The Water Diviner. His directorial debut arrives with some pedigree, as it shared the award for best picture […]
Once again, the minds behind the Fast and Furious saga prove that the laws of scriptwriting, character development, and physics need not apply. In an all out assault on the senses, Furious 7 comes screaming to life from the instant the screen goes black. Faces old and new are woven into a new version of […]
The French First World War movie Wooden Crosses (Les Croix de Bois) from legendary director Raymond Bernard is the latest re-release from Eureka Entertainment for their Masters of Cinema series. During the early days of World War I Germany has invaded France and men around the country sign up to join the army. One man is […]
No build up necessary here. Anyone coming into this picture knows exactly what they are getting themselves into. This film knows its audience well and does not pretend to be what it isn’t. Unlike The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, which this film will most closely be measured against, there is no real slow burn before […]
A deeply affecting horror nightmare, It Follows is a definitive piece of modern horror; creating a world all its own, David Robert Mitchell assembles a cast of ageless victims and subjects them to the most primal fear of all – being followed. Mitchell, who also penned the script, does not fall prey to the trappings […]
