Review: Ridley Scott and Joaquin Phoenix Bring Napoleon and His Battles to Screen, Without Much Regard for the Man
Napoleon Bonaparte has been featured in films for nearly 100 years (going back to Abel Gance’s 1927 Napoleon, which clocked in at about 5.5 hours), but I can’t remember a […]
Review: Family Secrets and Childhood Anxiety Don’t Add Much to Second-Rate Horror Film Cobweb
Adding to the long list of family dramas couched in the framework of a horror movie, Cobweb (the feature filmmaking debut of Samuel Bodin) tells the story of 8-year-old Peter […]
Review: C’Mon, C’Mon Is a Winning, Contemplative Work on Familial Bonds and Boundaries
Writer/director Mike Mills is a solid filmmaker who always seems to think he needs a bit of a gimmick in his storytelling to make it interesting. I suppose if you […]
Review: Monsters are Made, Not Born, in Gritty, Sinister Joker Origin Story
At this point, it feels like any actor who wants to play the Joker—arguably the most famous comic book villain in history—can take a crack at him. At some point […]
Dispatch: Year’s Most Anticipated Films Round out Toronto Film Festival
After six full days at a film festival where each day includes screening at least four films (and sometimes more), all the stories, characters and directing styles can start to […]
Review: Joaquin Phoenix Carries a Moving, if Stilted, Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot
When Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot, the latest from Gus Van Sant (Good Will Hunting, To Die For, Milk) defies expectations, it’s a glorious thing. But when […]
Review: Harrowing and Intense, Brace Yourself for You Were Never Really Here
The latest from writer/director Lynne Ramsay (Ratcatcher, We Need To Talk About Kevin), You Were Never Really Here is about a lot of things for such a seemingly single-minded, unspeakably brutal […]