Reviews

[Review] Seventh Son

It was a genuinely refreshing surprise to see Jeff Bridges pop up in the commercials during this past week’s Super Bowl, sitting bedside to a sleeping couple, e...

[Berlin Review] Nobody Wants the Night

Film festivals sometimes treasure specific directors for reasons that remain unfathomable to external observers. The Berlinale’s continued advocacy of Isabel Co...

[Review] Jupiter Ascending

Sometimes filmgoers simply want to be entertained and often don't mind when the means of that fun skews towards the headier side of things—no matter how implaus...

[Review] Wild Card

How many Jason Statham movies does this make? Over the last decade or so, the star has become a staple of the mid-winter/late-summer release windows. His mid-bu...

[Sundance Review] Brooklyn

Presented with the tale of an Irish immigrant, one would perhaps expect a dreary and brutal film about the hardships of moving to America. In a way, John Crowle...

[Sundance Review] Results

Certain movies coast by on the charm of their cast, and that's pretty much the case with writer-director Andrew Bujalski's Results. That's not to say the film c...

[Sundance Review] The Forbidden Room

Lacking the accessibility of Guy Maddin’s earlier and most accomplished features, including My Winnipeg and Brand Upon The Brain, one ought to enter The Forbidd...