Return to Seoul
Cambodian French filmmaker Davy Chou (Diamond Island) manages to pull off a deeply spirited character study and existential journey with Return to Seoul, a moody and convulsively lyrical yarn about [...]
Baby Ruby
Postpartum depression, a severely important medical condition, is explored with mixed results in Baby Ruby. A film that sadly suffers from endless jump scares and writing issues, as it ends [...]
2003 Retrospective: The Best Films of 2003
It's now been twenty years since what I consider the golden year of 21st century filmmaking. While there have been many great years so far this century with 2001, 2002, [...]
Magic Mike’s Last Dance
Now an unforeseen trilogy that was started by Oscar-winning auteur Steven Soderbergh with Magic Mike (2012) quickly became an unexpected sleeper hit during that summer movie season. It suddenly generated [...]
Cairo Conspiracy
A generally engrossing espionage thriller that offers some slight emotional resonance marks Cairo Conspiracy into a favorable suspense drawer, recounting a young college student and son of a fisherman who [...]
The Blue Caftan
A somber but delicate portrait about everlasting love, repressed desires, artistry, compassion, illness, and finally tolerance, The Blue Caftan officially closes the last slate of international films released last year [...]
One Fine Morning
Watching Mia Hansen-Løve's One Fine Morning is a fresh reminder of just how skillful of a storyteller she is, who often writes engaging characters who find themselves with sudden vulnerabilities [...]
Alcarràs
Alcarràs is a richly textured and quietly absorbing ensemble drama that echoes the work of Robert Altman and John Sayles. Dense in ideas and characterization, intoxicating in visual style, Alcarràs [...]
Infinity Pool
With Infinity Pool, his third and boldest film thus far, Canadian filmmaker Brandon Cronenberg, proves yet again he can produce and direct another original screenplay that not only carries on [...]
Close
Two teenage boys find their innocent intimacy and friendship in turmoil during the new school year in Close, Lukas Dhont's sensitive and potent sophomore feature that was just nominated for [...]