Month: March 2013

[SXSW Review] The Act of Killing

One of the most dark and emotionally deafening documentaries I’ve ever witnessed, there’s no easy way to comprehend The Act of Killing’s total impact and how af...

[SXSW Review] Short Term 12

Subtlety is a hard art to master, yet it abounds in the miraculously tender and poignant Short Term 12. Director Destin Cretton builds off of rising star Brie L...

[Review] Ginger & Rosa

Director Sally Potter has carved out an intriguing niche in the filmmaking world. Her previous feature, Rage, premiered on mobile phones and her breakthrough Or...

[Review] The Monk

Not much will go right for Ambrosio (Vincent Cassel) over the course of The Monk, Dominik Moll's brooding adaptation of Matthew Lewis's heralded 1796 novel, whi...