Category: Drama
“The Feeling That the Time For Doing Something Has Passed” Film Review
With her feature length writing and directing debut, The Feeling That the Time For Doing Something Has Passed, writer/director/star Joanna Arnow takes a cue from the sometimes cringe-inducing black humor of Lena Dunham. Arnow plays Ann, a millennial woman in
‘Evil Does Not Exist’ Film Review: Moral Lessons in Mother Nature
Opening with a Terrence Malick-like tracking shot through a forest with the camera looking up through the trees and into the cold winter skies, writer-director Hamaguchi Ryûsuke’s Evil Does Not Exist sets its tranquil yet cryptic tone. As the credits
‘Coup de Chance’ Film Review- Woody Allen’s Best in Years
For a great deal of cinema connoisseurs, a new Woody Allen film is still an event. “The Woodman” has long been one of our finest screenwriters and directors; his incredible filmography filled with more than a few classics. Allen is
‘Challengers’ Film Review: Simplistic Metaphors On and Off the Court
Along with golf, the world of tennis has rarely made for good cinema, (1979’s Players, anyone?). With the exception of 2017’s Battle of the Sexes (which only worked due to the committed performances from Emma Stone and Steve Carell), the
‘DogMan’ Film Review: A Preposterous and Unimaginative Waste
Luc Besson has always been a frustrating filmmaker. His early French films, 1985’s Subway, !988’s The Big Blue, and 1990’s La Femme Nikita showed a director who could combine interesting stories with inventive craftsmanship. Those works combined deep characterizations and
‘The Listener’ Film Review: A Riveting Tessa Thompson Chats With a Fractured Society
In 1988, Oliver Stone released his undervalued adaptation of Eric Bogosian’s one man show, Talk Radio. Both the play and Stone’s film were commentaries on the broken America of the time, each one using the voices of varied phone callers
‘Wicked Little Letters’ Film Review: A Wicked Little British Tale
Thea Sharrock’s Wicked Little Letters is an occasionally uneven yet engrossing picture anchored by a marvelous cast. Written by Jonny Sweet, this is a piece that gives vulgar fire to a style of film that is known for being gentle
‘Monster’ Film Review: A Profound Work From a Modern Master
Society has long had a complicated relationship with the truth. In these times of undisguised deception, the world (especially America) now lives in a time where what actually happens means less than how it is presented. The way we think,
‘Polar Rescue’ Film Review: Donnie Yen In the Performance of His Career
Donnie Yen is one of the great legends of Martial Arts Cinema. His performances in Hong Kong treasures such as 1993’s Iron Monkey and 2005’s Kill Zone showed he had versatile acting talents that went beyond his martial arts skills.
‘Silver Haze’ Film Review: The Destructive Force of Pain
While writer-director Sacha Polak’s new film may be dramatically overcrowded, “Silver Haze” is an occasionally effective motion picture and a perceptive piece that captures the rhythms of those who live with personal trauma. An intense Vicky Knight is “Franky”, a