Reviews

[Venice Review] The Look of Silence

When sitting down to watch The Look of Silence – Joshua Oppenheimer's follow-up to 2012's harrowing The Act of Killing – you're struck by how quickly you can sl...

[Venice Review] Birdman

Kicking off the 71st edition of the Venice Film Festival this morning, Alejandro González Iñárritu's Birdman has all the markings of a great festival opener: it...

[Review] Winter in the Blood

Winter in the Blood is the sophomore effort from twin directors Alex and Andrew J. Smith, who first gained notoriety more than a decade ago with their debut fea...

[Review] Cam2Cam

This year's most tonally out-of-place ending goes to Cam2Cam. A horror/thriller pitting the murderer of a young American in Bangkok against the victim's sister ...

[Review] Sin City: A Dame to Kill For

The world of Frank Miller’s Sin City was a stunner when it first appeared in print in the early 90’s and on the big screen in 2005. Basin City, as imagined by M...

[Review] Metro Manila

The impetus for Sean Ellis' Metro Manila could have simply been an intriguing anecdote to tell people upon returning to England from a trip visiting a friend in...

[Review] If I Stay

I am not a proponent of stories that hinge the possibility of undying live between teenagers on an unspeakable tragedy. This was my biggest issue with the overw...

[Review] Dinosaur 13

Riveting entertainment, Dinosaur 13 is one of those happy accidents of documentary filmmaking. Speaking on a panel before its screening at the Montclair Film Fe...

[Review] Jealousy

Relationships are never simple and they certainly don’t feel easy in Jealousy. However, there is a seeming simplicity to the filmmaking, courtesy of veteran fil...