Film Review: A Hidden Life (2019)
bySurrender. That’s what the A Hidden Life experience calls for. Ironically. A willingness to engage, to focus. An openness to Terrence Malick’s cinematic thesis. All these…
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Film Review: Ad Astra (2019)
byWriting takes time. Sorting out your thoughts and feelings and reactions takes time. But often we see only films just before they’re released and…
Film Review: First Man (2018)
byThe Apollo space missions were championed for their opportunity to give humanity a different perspective. Those things that seems so important down here on…
Film Analysis: Jackie (2016) – The Biopic We’ve All Been Waiting For
byThe biopic film has been around for many years. Its first appearance in the cinematic realm was Joan of Arc by film pioneer Georges Méliès….
Film Review: Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
byA man willing to lay down his life to save those around him. A man who turns the other cheek to violence and holds…
Film Review: The Assassin (2015)
byThe latest film from world cinema auteur Hsiao-Hsien Hou will not be to everyone’s tastes. Those expecting a period martial arts extravaganza in the…
Film Review: Ain’t Them Bodies Saints (2013)
byThere’s something about the faces of Casey Affleck and Rooney Mara that just keeps you guessing. Maybe it’s the former’s slightly weary voice or…
Film Review: Upstream Color (2013)
byUpstream Color isn’t a film for the casual movie goer, but those that like more intellectually engaging movies, and willing to be challenged by alternative form and narrative, will be significantly rewarded by this daring, original and heartfelt film.
Film Review: To The Wonder (2012)
byThe highly anticipated new film from arguably the most artistically uncompromising, as well as celebrated, film maker currently working in North American cinema, To The Wonder continues Terrence Malick’s mediation on the very nature of love and life.
Film Review: War Witch (2012)
byIn a quiet unnamed village somewhere in the heart of Africa, Komona is only a twelve year old girl when her life is irreversibly…