I’m Still Here
I’m Still Here is the latest film from director Walter Salles, the Brazilian filmmaker who has previously helmed films such as Central Station and The Motorcycle Diaries. Here, as in those films, Salles proves [...]
Vermiglio
Vermiglio, from Italian director Maura Delpero, is a story of a village and a culture, during the latter half of the Second World War. The stunning photography, by Mikhail Krichman, is [...]
Soundtrack to a Coup D’Etat
Soundtrack to a Coup D’Etat has a premise that mixes jazz with politics, in what at first appears to be a case study but is in fact more about 20th century colonialism [...]
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
Since the late 1980's, Aardman Animation's duo of Wallace and his top dog, Gromit, have delighted audiences around the world. After several iconic short films including A Grand Day Out, [...]
The Last Republican
The Last Republican is an unlikely documentary film to come from the director of Hot Tub Time Machine, but it was apparently just that quirky fact that led Adam Kinzinger, now former [...]
The Count of Monte Cristo (2024)
The Count of Monte Cristo is one of the most beloved novels Alexandre Dumas wrote and yet of the many adaptations of the giant novel, few have managed to capture the [...]
The Seed of the Sacred Fig
Like many other Iranian films and filmmakers, Mohammad Rasoulof's latest film, The Seed of the Sacred Fig, had to be made discreetly in fear of being fined or jailed. This [...]
Year in Review: The Best Films of 2024
As we entered the fall movie season; I had already rated six films my highest rating of four stars. I wasn't sure if I was overrating things, but as the [...]
The Girl with the Needle
The Girl With the Needle is a Danish film, from director Magnus von Horn, who previously made the film Sweat, set in the world of aerobics. This film is decidedly not that [...]
Nosferatu
Nosferatu presents a hauntingly romantic Gothic epic to a modern audience with brilliant poise and daring artistry.