The Amateur
The Amateur is the newest film from director James Hawes, starring Rami Malek as Charlie Heller, a government analyst who loses his wife in a terrorist attack. Following this tragedy, [...]
Holland
Holland, the newest Nicole Kidman vehicle, continues the star’s downward trajectory into predictable pap. Set in the tulip-lined streets of Holland, Michigan, the film is a fly-over tourist’s idea of Michigan. [...]
Bob Trevino Likes It
Bob Trevino Likes It is one of those films that sneaks up on you. Drawn from the real life experiences of its writer and director, Tracie Laymon, the film tells [...]
Pavements
Pavements is an unusual work. Described by its writer/director as a “semiotic experience” this four-pronged look at the rock band, Pavement, will most likely appeal to die-hard fans of the group [...]
The Friend
The Friend is the newest film from Scott McGehee and David Siegel, based on an experimental, semi-autobiographical novel by Sigrid Nunez. Nunez had written the work in order to reach friends that she [...]
Magazine Dreams
Magazine Dreams is the newest film from writer/director Elijah Bynum, last seen as the co-writer of the Lee Daniels dud, The Deliverance. Here, opting for a cast of much lesser-known [...]
Riff Raff
Riff Raff is a hard film to pin down, an unusual work and that is both in and against its favor. It is one of the more entertaining films of the [...]
Parthenope
Paolo Sorrentino has been one of the masters of cinema for two decades, but sadly, his latest film, Parthenope, does little to burnish his reputation. Known for films full of visual [...]
Armand
Armand is a story about the nature of truth, and perception. It is about the lengths one is willing to go to exact a toll, and how that affects others around [...]
Kidnapped: The Abduction of Edgardo Mortara
Kidnapped: The Abduction of Edgardo Mortara, is an historical drama based on the 1858 case of a Bolognese Jewish family whose six-year old son, Edgardo, was forcibly removed from their [...]