Reviews

[AFI Fest Review] American Sniper

The thirty-one-month gap between the theatrical releases of 2011’s J. Edgar and this year’s Jersey Boys marked the longest such stretch in the forty-three-year-...

[Review] Thou Wast Mild & Lovely

She is not kidding when she says: "To those who feel that their cruelty is too cruel, their sadness too sad, I dedicate this film: an embrace." Writer/director ...

[AFI Fest Review] The Salt of the Earth

At one point early in Wim Wenders' new documentary, The Salt of the Earth, the co-director details his deeply emotional connection to photographer Sebastiao Sal...

[Review] Dumb and Dumber To

Not even the movie that started it all can save the fledgling career of the Farrelly brothers. Despite reading an interview of them speaking about how great the...

[Review] Always Woodstock

The feature debut of writer/director Rita Merson is mired in convention. Think to yourself about five cinematic tropes that could be found in a romantic dramedy...

[AFI Fest Review] Song of the Sea

Song of the Sea, the latest animated feature from The Secret of Kells director Tomm Moore, opens with a dreamlike sequence that quickly lays the foundation for ...

[AFI Fest Review] ’71

In an AFI Fest post-screening discussion of his new film ’71, director Yann Demange expressed the legitimate concern that certain audiences, specifically those ...

[Review] Why Don’t You Play In Hell?

Excessive doesn’t begin to describe Why Don’t You Play In Hell?, Japanese director Sion Sono’s action comedy that focuses on two gangsters and an aspiring direc...

[Review] The Theory of Everything

It’s almost become a given that those wishing to stand out must proclaim their biopic is an outside-the-box, innovative retelling of significant events in one's...

[Review] Big Hero 6

Many parents aren't going to allow their young children to watch Marvel Cinematic Universe films—they skew older with dark underlying themes and comic book viol...