When attending a film festival and seeing a number of titles over the course of a few days, it can almost feel as if the viewer is forced to consider trends. Wi...
Beginning in 1937 -- the opening credits take us through a series of period photos and alert us to expect something with a potentially greater scope than simply...
To put it upfront, Eduardo Williams’ The Human Surge is pretty much a film that, by nature, is unlovable. Often blatantly ugly or boring, it’s not so much delib...
If made with the best of intentions to explore the always effective chestnut of memory through photographic means, it’s with great misfortune that, in the case ...
"Today we gather in love."
The wedding, in cinematic terms -- the opportunity to present dozens of extras of mingling amidst an ever-expanding backdrop (e.g....
Publicly stated by its director to concern Saint Anthony, the Portuguese priest and friar who legend calls the most supernatural of saints, The Ornithologist lu...
Lina Rodriguez’s This Time Tomorrow delivers its thesis through three clear demarcations in time -- or, rather, extended shots, beginning on a sunlit tree, comi...
For beginning with a dedication to Setsuko Hara, recently departed muse of Ozu and Naruse, Hermia & Helena -- the new film by Viola and The Princess of Fran...
Donald Cried opens in medias res on Peter (Jesse Wakeman), in a cab ride through a snowy suburb, realizing that he lost his wallet, and from there gives success...
