Film Review: The Children Act (2017)
byIan McEwan’s penchant for fine storytelling is on display once more in The Children Act. Based on his novel of the same name, McEwan…
Love Actually
Film Review: Their Finest (2016)
byRepresentation in film matters. Cinema is about exploring and sharing everyone’s stories. When the stories are always told by and about the same people,…
Film Review: Office Christmas Party (2016)
byBuoyed by the increasing cult status of such classic Christmas fair as Elf, Die Hard and Love, Actually (many screenings of such films in…
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: Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015)
byThe young adult science fiction/dystopian future thing is like, so hot right now, but the overabundance of films in this genre in recent years has…
Film Review: Trash (2014)
byRaphael (Rickson Tevez), a Brazilian street teenager, spends his days sifting through mountains of trash in the hopes of finding something valuable. One day…
Film Review: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (2001)
byYou may be a bit perplexed about the choice of Chris Columbus‘ adaptation of JK Rowling‘s Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone for a memorable…
Film Review: The Family Stone (2005)
byChristmas can often be about family, although not necessarily one’s own family. Christmas is often about meeting the in-laws for the first time. The…
Film Review: The Little Death (2014)
byThe Little Death, the English translation of la petite mort – the French term for orgasm, follows the sex lives of four couples that are somewhat intertwined…
Russian Resurrection Film Festival: Love with an Accent (2012)
byLove With An Accent could be considered Russia’s answer to Love Actually, comprised of seven short stories, Georgian writer/director Rezo Gigineishvili provides an extremely positive, albeit at times a little implausible, perspective on love.