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[Review] Our Children

Opening a film with ending of a story is a daring move that requires much confidence on the filmmaker’s part. Billy Wilder’s Sunset Boulevard is the rare animal...

[Review] Stories We Tell

Sarah Polley's Stories We Tell is an exquisite, elegant rebuke to the standards that define so many of our most popular filmic narratives: three-act structures ...

[Review] Down the Shore

After a longtime career as acting coach for the likes of Jet Li, Harold Guskin heads behind the camera for his directorial debut Down the Shore with the help of...

[Review] Tomorrow You’re Gone

Directing his first film since 2005’s Down in the Valley, David Jacobson finds himself in very similar tonal territory with Tomorrow You’re Gone. Written by Mat...

[Review] Leonie

The saying goes as follows: "behind every great man stands a great woman". No words are truer said for renowned sculptor/designer Isamu Noguchi if Hisako Matsui...

[Review] Trance

Note: The trailer for Trance, I think, does a good job of representing the film without revealing significant plot specifics. I have tried to stick to that agen...