The Light Between Oceans ★★½
Derek Cianfrance is drawn to tragic stories. His debut film, Blue Valentine, chronicled the devastating collapse of a marriage andContinue Reading
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The Eyes of My Mother ★½
Nicolas Pesce’s directorial debut The Eyes of My Mother presents scenes that are all disturbing. The black-and-white horror film is aContinue Reading
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
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
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