Jimpa
Jimpa opens decently well in its first moments, with Olivia Colman as Hannah, an Australian acting teacher and director, preparing to visit her father. She is taking her husband and [...]
Calle Malaga
Some films can get by on visual splendor, and others on character. Some, of course, manage through plot or pure nerve. Calle Malaga is none of these. It is a lovely [...]
Sirat
In Sirat, a father searches for his missing adult daughter in the Moroccan desert, along with his young son and their dog. Along the way, they make friends with people [...]
H is for Hawk
H is for Hawk is based on the 2014 memoir of the same name. Claire Foy plays Helen MacDonald, an academic in England who is about to lose her residency [...]
KPop Demon Hunters
Korean Pop is not something this reviewer is overly familiar with. Going in to a film like K-Pop Demon Hunters, one might think that at least a surface familiarity would be [...]
Sound of Falling
Plot and story are intimately connected yet not always the same thing. A film can have a great story but a weak plot, or a great plot and weak story. [...]
Is This Thing On?
Is This Thing On? Is the best film Bradley Cooper has made as a director, and it is not even close. This is because the film is the first time he [...]
Arco
Arco is an at times delirious science fiction animated film from France. There are echoes of Valerian, and of the works of Studio Ghibli. Concerning the misadventure of a ten [...]
A Little Prayer
A Little Prayer is one of those films that comes along all too rarely. Writer and director Angus MacLachlan, who wrote the screenplay for Junebug, has fashioned a simple yet [...]
Splitsville
Splitsville is a film about two couples in comedic, dramatic and all too real emotional peril, with performances and situations that will feel both fresh and familiar. It is, at times, [...]