La La Land ★★★½
Movies that pay tribute to classic Hollywood sometimes derail when they get bogged down in homage and lose track of theirContinue Reading
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Nocturnal Animals
Viewing Tom Ford’s Nocturnal Animals is an intense, almost exhausting experience. The pacing of the film and alternating narratives keepsContinue Reading
Certain Women ★★★★
Certain Women opens on a still shot of a beautiful Montana landscape as a train slowly rides into the foregroundContinue Reading
Loving ★★★
Apart from Paterson’s, Loving’s press conference was perhaps the most thoughtful and sincere press conference offered at the 2016 CannesContinue Reading
The Squid and the Whale (Blu-ray release) ★★★
Anyone recently out of a relationship recognizes the cumbersomeness of the time right after.
Moonlight ★★★
My first impression of Barry Jenkins‘s Moonlight came while standing outside the theater, waiting to be allowed in. I stood shoulderContinue Reading
Imperium ★★½
Quotes from world leaders, businessmen, and influential writers occupy the screen at the start of many films, in particular forContinue Reading
Dekalog (Blu-ray release)
Dekalog is a work which can not be easily compared to any other filmmaking effort. In director Krzystof Kieślowski’s filmography,Continue Reading
Don’t Think Twice
Don’t Think Twice is the second directorial effort of stand up comedian Mike Birbiglia. The film revolves around a groupContinue Reading
The Neon Demon ★★★
The Neon Demon is a very simple, very pure film. In directing, Refn exhibits tunnel vision. There is little moreContinue Reading
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