Blood and Money
The title of John Barr's glum and equally taut "Blood and Money" is an unimaginative movie title, but the movie is not. While certainly a mixed bag, the film goes [...]
Capone
It wasn't long ago when the career of up-and-coming filmmaker Josh Trank seemed destined for nothing but greatness. His directorial feature Chronicle put a fresh spin on the dying "found [...]
How to Build a Girl
Coky Giedroyc's "How to Build a Girl" offers an inside, honest look as being a teenager that holds some charm, but is vastly inconsistent with its tonal shifts, even when [...]
Spaceship Earth
The subtext of Matt Wolf's highly essential documentary, “Spaceship Earth ,” is just as relevant as the text, in this case, a rather straightforward documentary about a group of scientists [...]
The Wretched
It’s often difficult for any modern horror flick to feel fresh or become a game changer particularly in the case of this low-budget, homegrown film produced here in Michigan (reportedly [...]
Deerskin
A oddly callous, offbeat quirky dark comedy, “Deerskin” emerges as one of the most unpredictable films to be released so far this year, a small, absurdist and well-scripted film that's [...]
Extraction
As the closest thing to a Summer blockbuster as we're going to get for a few more months, Extraction sets its sights on filling the void left by the world [...]
The Willoughbys
Since certain events have forced us to stay at home, some of us may be spending more and more time with our parents. The global health crisis has, in some [...]
Sergio
Having only made documentary features until now, director Greg Barker makes his narrative film debut with Sergio. Barker, who also made the 2009 HBO documentary of the same name, retells [...]
Extra Ordinary
Despite its world premiere at the 2019 SXSW, I entered the Irish comedy "Extra Ordinary" not knowing what to anticipate. In fact, when I first saw the teaser trailer, I [...]