MIFF 2015 Film Review: Phoenix (2014)
byAmongst the ruins of post-WWII Germany, writer and director Christian Petzold has created a restrained, tense thriller in his film Phoenix. The war has…
MIFF 2015 Film Review: The Witch (2015)
byThere is a (excuse the pun) bewitching quality about The Witch, directed and written by Robert Eggers, that renders this horror film both deeply unsettling…
MIFF 2015 Film Review: Cartel Land (2015)
byIn Cartel Land, director Matthew Heineman provides a terrifying look at the ongoing drug cartel crisis in Mexico by telling the stories of two…
MIFF 2015 Film Review: How to Dance in Ohio (2015)
byThe too-cool-for-schoolers can relax; this isn’t a Glee spin-off. It barely even features any dancing. Alexandra Shiva has dealt previously with the arts in…
CLOSED: 5 Flights Up Giveaway
byThanks to Becker Film Group, we’re giving away 5 double passes for the 5 FLIGHTS UP starring Oscar winners Diane Keaton and Morgan Freeman,…
CLOSED: Iris Giveaway
byThanks to Madman Films, we’re giving away 5 double passes for the new documentary IRIS, which focuses on the life of fashion icon Iris…
Film Review: Girlhood (2014)
byThe third film from French writer/director Céline Sciamma has been gaining a reputation across Europe and abroad as one of the breakout hits of…
Film Review: The Blue Room (2015)
byDirected, co-written by, and starring Mathieu Amalric, who most people might know as the villain from Quantum of Solace, The Blue Room is a…
4 Film Review: Desire for Beauty (2013)
byDesire for Beauty adds another voice to the discussion of beauty and how we define it, specifically looking at plastic surgery. The film documents…
Film Review: A Patriotic Man (2013)
byA Patriotic Man documents the experience of a Finnish man when he joins the support crew of the national ski team. The most recent…