T Categories Movies Reviews May 5, 2022 The Takedown takes down the French far-right with humor and style The latest Netflix import provides a lesson in French politics along with some fun action.
B Categories Movies Reviews February 11, 2022 BigBug likely to make you agitated Jean-Pierre Jeunet's latest is colorful, but cringe-inducing chaos.
A Categories Movies Reviews January 5, 2022 Asghar Farhadi toys with dramatic moral ambiguity in A Hero Iran's premiere director pivots away from family stories to take a look at society at large.
A Categories Anniversaries Movies November 16, 2021 Amélie remain an ode to living in the now, even 20 years later Years of jokes and dismissals haven't diminished the delightful fantasy of their modern French fairy tale.
T Categories Festivals Movies Reviews TIFF 2021 September 17, 2021 TIFF 2021: The Gravedigger’s Wife & other highlights in African cinema Three features at the Toronto International Film Festival turn the spotlight on the best and brightest in African filmmaking.
T Categories Festivals Movies Reviews Tribeca 2021 June 15, 2021 Tribeca 2021: “Souad” offers a trio of intimate & engaging yarns Ayten Amin’s intimate drama makes good use out of excellent performances and blocking.
“ Categories Filmmaker of the Month Movies March 31, 2021 “2046” casts a spell through time and space Beautiful, strange, and enrapturing, 2046 feels unlike anything else in Wong Kar-wai's oeuvre, and yet utterly of a piece with his mesmerizing works.
T Categories Features Filmmaker of the Month Movies March 10, 2021 The moving “Days of Being Wild” is all too timely Wong Kar-wai's melancholy second feature hits harder in the face of current events.
& Categories Movies Reviews March 5, 2021 “Keep an Eye Out” is an absurd trip of a movie Quentin Dupeiux's convoluted dark comedy is both perplexing and entertaining.
J Categories Movies Reviews November 16, 2020 Jackie Chan is almost the only fun part of “Vanguard” Chan’s latest collaboration with Supercop director Stanley Tong is an airless bore.
