Film Review: Perfect Strangers (2016)
byWithout knowing much about the promotional material associated with Perfect Strangers, it is still easy to conceive of the way that this film has…
Foreign
Film Review: Rosalie Blum (2016)
byIs there a better way to see in the festive season, than with a gorgeous and uplifting French film? Perhaps not. Last year it…
Film Review: Goodbye Berlin (2016)
byOne of the biggest German literary successes of the last few years was a young adult novel by Wolfgang Herrndorf. Kind of like a…
Film Review: The Fencer (2015)
byIt may seem funny to compare, but the Finnish film The Fencer is a lot like watching School of Rock, – a stripped down…
Film Review: Your Name (2016)
byHayao Miyazaki isn’t the only Japanese director making whimsical, environmentally charged animations. Makoto Shinkai has also contributed. Your Name is Shinkai’s latest feature and it’s confusing…
Film Review: Like Crazy (2016)
byNot to be confused with the exceptional 2011 film starring Felicity Jones and Anton Yelchin, Like Crazy (or to use its Italian title, La Pazza…
Film Review: Neon Bull (2015)
byNeon Bull (or Boi Neon) is a realist and observational take on the life of cattle handlers and rodeo workers in Brazil. It is…
Film Review: Moscow Never Sleeps (2015)
byJust as short-story collections have become the go-to book release for the author having a quiet year, we have seen the multi-narrative tale of…
Film Review: Elle (2016)
byThank you Paul Verhoeven (Robocop, Showgirls, Hollow Man) for your eclectic and schizophrenic filmography. It appears you have done it again with Elle. This…
Film Review: Where Am I Going? (2016)
byKnowing how loathe most people are to celebrate stereotypes of their own nationalities, I’m hesitant to vouch for how much truth is contained in…