El Rey de la Fiesta ★★★
Director Salomón Askenazi‘s films often focus on somewhat hypothetical situations played out on screen. His low budget feature debut, OceanContinue Reading
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Goodbye Honey ★★★★
With an opening that grabs viewers and pushes them headfirst into the heat of the moment, it’s clear that thisContinue Reading
The Banishing ★★★
It’s a story we’ve seen many times before: A white family moves into a big, old house – obviously unawareContinue Reading
Tove ★★★
The Moomins are recognisable in many countries around the world. While watching the anime television series as a child inContinue Reading
The Greenhouse ★★½
The Greenhouse begins with voices interposed. Faces at a dinner table are theatrically illuminated; anecdotes are whimsically exchanged. We comeContinue Reading
Moxie ★½
After a struggling directorial debut titled Wine Country, Amy Poehler this time brings Moxie to the big screen, starring herselfContinue Reading
La Llorona ⭑⭑⭑⭑
Fiction filmmaking can comment on history in a manner unique to fiction – revisionism – often bringing greater recognition toContinue Reading
My First Summer ★★★½
There is something unforgettably nourishing in being witness to creativity. Whether it takes shape as dyeing bed sheets, collaging, braceletContinue Reading
Cowboys ⭑⭑⭑⭑
Cowboys is a heartfelt and thrilling film from writer and director Anna Kerrigan. Troy (Steve Zahn), newly-separated from his wifeContinue Reading
News of the World ★★½
Conscience is not only about doing the right thing. Director Paul Greengrass reunites with Tom Hanks for News of theContinue Reading
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