Reviews

[Tribeca Review] Extraterrestrial

What is it about interstellar travel that seemingly halts an advanced species’ sense of sophistication? If Hollywood and the internet conspiracy cultists are to...

[Tribeca Review] Der Samurai

A strange man drags through the forest a meat-filled bag, its bloody contents all too visible through the clear plastic material. What seems like the introducti...

[Tribeca Review] In Your Eyes

The ubiquity of cell phones and the internet have made long-distance relationships, once an exercise in patience and delayed gratification, into something that ...

[Tribeca Review] An Honest Liar

Part of the reason I gravitate towards and often find documentary films more interesting than narrative ones are because the format allows filmmakers freedoms a...

[Review] Beneath the Harvest Sky

A movie doesn't always have to be one hundred percent unique to prove effective if those involved propel it above cliché through authenticity. Writer/directors ...

[Tribeca Review] A Brony Tale

Like many, I learn about my subcultures from The Howard Stern Show, which had sent a correspondent to cover this year’s BronyCon, an annual fan convention for f...

[Review] The Quiet Ones

It may be called The Quiet Ones, but the latest supernatural offering from revamped Hammer Studios is anything but. John Pogues would-be chiller may not raise t...

[Review] The Amazing Spider-Man 2

Despite being flat, faceless, and altogether perfunctory, one can almost understand The Amazing Spider-Man's commitment to set up this superhero universe once a...

[Tribeca Review] Summer of Blood

A micro-budget midnight selection, Summer of Blood seems, apart from several contemporary references, an indie of another era. Written, directed and starring On...

[Tribeca Review] Virunga

Employing multiple modes of documentary storytelling, from talking heads, undercover reporting and on-the-ground war reporting, Virunga is a potentially paradig...