Film Review: On the Basis of Sex (2018)
In 1956 Harvard had five hundred students enrolled in its prestigious law school. Nine of them were women, one of which was Ruth Bader…
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Film Review: Cold Pursuit (2019)
In the world of unnecessary remakes, Hans Petter Moland’s Cold Pursuit probably sits up there with Michael Haneke’s Funny Games, David Fincher’s The Girl…
Film Review: Capharnaüm (2018)
Is it fair that our children often bear the burden of the worlds that they are brought into? Capharnaüm, directed by Lebanese director Nadine…
Film Review: The Front Runner (2018)
In a time where a man with multiple allegations of sexual assault against him can become president, it’s crazy to think that thirty years…
Film Review: Ben Is Back (2018)
Ben Is Back is a personal film for its writer and director, Peter Hedges. While not based on any one true story, it is…
Film Review: The Mule (2018)
At the incredible age of eighty-eight Clint Eastwood shows no signs of slowing down. With almost one film directed or produced every year since…
Film Review: Green Book (2018)
In the shamefully recent past of the mid-twentieth century, Victor Hugo Green, a New York City mail-man, published The Negro-Motorist Green Book annually. It…
Film Review: Free Solo (2018)
As filmgoers we’re immune to seeing characters flirt with death, suffer cruel injuries and even fall from extreme heights. But in most cases, we’re…
Film Review: Storm Boy (2019)
Based on Colin Thiele’s children’s book, which gave us the Australian classic from 1976, Shawn Seet’s remake of Storm Boy is a decent adaptation which…
Film Review: The Kid Who Would Be King (2019)
Joe Cornish follows up on his underrated and underviewed debut Attack the Block with this childhood adventure fantasy. A play on words from 1979…