Film Review: Human Capital (2014)
byVying for Oscar glory, Human Capital is Italy’s submission to the Best Foreign Language Film category at the 2015 Academy Awards, having already won…
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Film Review: Kill the Messenger (2014)
byIt’s just about that time of the year when all the films that see themselves competing in the upcoming Oscar season start turning up…
Film Review: The Case Against 8 (2014)
bySet and shot over a five year period, The Case Against 8 is a documentary that covers the many lawsuits which resulted from the…
Film Review: Gone Girl (2014)
byTo call a film nihilistic isn’t necessarily a criticism of the given film, and if ever there was a case in point, it’s Gone…
Film Review: Wish I Was Here (2014)
byIn getting the financing for his second effort after his first film Garden State quickly became a fan favorite in 2004, co-writer/director/star Zach Braff…
Film Review: Jodorowsky’s Dune (2013)
byThe world of cinema is full of tales of moves that almost got made: Stanley Kubrick’s Napoleon? Sergio Leone’s Stalingrad? Tim Burton’s Superman Lives?…
Film Review: I Origins (2014)
byFollowing the success of his debut feature Another Earth, which was a rave at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, writer/director Mike Cahill’s sophomore effort…
Film Review: Night Moves (2013)
byFollowing the critical success of Meek’s Cutoff, American independent filmmaker Kelly Reichardt returns with Night Moves, another deliberately paced drama, this time following three…
Film Review: Boyhood (2014)
byBoyhood is writer/director Richard Linklater’s testament film. A masterpiece, destined to be remembered as one of the best films of the decade (if not…
Film Review: The Grandmaster (2013)
byThe new film from perhaps the most celebrated auteur from all of Asia, maybe even world cinema in general, should be met with celebration;…