5 Centimeters Per Second [2007]: A Gorgeously Rendered Tale of Young Love & Yearning Desires
Makoto Shinkai’s sophomore feature is an intimately crafted, elegantly narrated & gorgeously animated tale of young love & yearning desires…
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back [2001] – Lookback on the Throw-back
Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back seems to be yet another somewhat frustrating experience where every fourth joke lands, and every thirteenth joke illicits a hearty laugh – and there’s still at least a joke every half a minute (unless there’s scantily-clad women involved).
Ghostbox Cowboy (2018): ‘Tribeca’ Review
John Maringouin brings a partly comic and partly melancholic tale of a lost cowboy in his debut feature film, Ghostbox…
Heavenly Creatures Review [1994]: Friendship. Love. Imagination. Obsession. Murder.
Bringing Peter Jackson to mainstream prominence and presenting Kate Winslet & Melanie Lynskey in their screen debut, Heavenly Creatures combines…
The Gentle Indifference of the World [2018]: ‘Cannes’ Review
The couple of people at the center of Adilkhan Yerzhanov’s “The Gentle Indifference of The World” have accepted the fact that life…
The Tale Review [2018] – An Intensely Disturbing Story of Child Sexual Violation
For the past three decades, Jennifer Fox has produced and directed documentaries, taught masterclasses in universities around the world….
Thoroughbreds [2017] – A Deliciously Twisted Tale of Murder and Deep-Seated Apathy
Cory Finley’s superbly crafted debut feature Thoroughbreds (2017) is about two affectless, upper-class prep school teenage girls whose disquietude and…
The State of Modern Comedies: Introduction II – Golden Globes Best Comedy?
Comedy films are at the least given some rep at the Golden Globes, which awards five nominees in the Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical category. But the glaring issue with this is the sort of films that get nominated or, God forbid, win.