This highly anticipated artistic endeavor utterly lives up to the sky-high expectations. A film where every frame is hand painted in the style of one of the most famous painters ever is such a staggering feat to even consider, to the extent that watching it is an almost emotional experience. Douglas Booth is a compelling […]
The New Orleans Film Festival opens its doors for the 28th year on Wednesday, October 11th at the Orpheum Theater with a screening of The Florida Project. Following the rout of the independent film world with his 2015 film Tangerine, Sean Baker brings another gritty examination into the forgotten characters of an uneven world. […]
The Mountain Between Us is an utterly, painfully predictable survival/love story that benefits just enough from the on-screen pairing of Idris Elba and Kate Winslet so as to be at least somewhat enjoyable. Photojournalist Alex Martin (Winslet) meets neurosurgeon Ben Bass (Elba) at an airport after their flights are cancelled. One is late for a […]
Indie filmmaker duo the Safdie Brothers have really stepped up to the next level with electric thriller Good Time. Robert Pattinson stars as Connie Nikas, a criminal on a desperate path to break his mentally ill brother Nick (Benny Safdie) out of the infamous Rikers Island after a heist gone wrong. Benny Safdie is mesmerizing […]
Andy Serkis steps out of the motion capture suit and into the director’s chair for this moving true story of the film’s producer Jonathan Cavendish’s parents and the remarkable lives they led. Andrew Garfield plays Robin, a charming and athletic tea-broker, who marries the beautiful Diana (Claire Foy, The Crown) before they set off on their […]
Remake: the very word sends a shudder down the spine of horror fans. Now it’s not only the iconic films from the genre but mediocre offerings from the early ’90s and the results are what you would expect. Courtney Holmes (Ellen Page) is a medical student who asks for help with an experiment, to monitor what happens […]
Ridley Scott’s science fiction classic Blade Runner has confounded audiences since its 1982 release and has produced reactions over the years that range from admiration to frustration. Philip K. Dick’s vision of replicants trying to extend their lives in a dystopian San Francisco (Los Angeles in the movies) was unlike anything in cinemas prior and continues to […]
