Reviews

[Review] The 9th Life of Louis Drax

Ten years after Anthony Minghella optioned Liz Jensen's The 9th Life of Louis Drax to develop cinematically, it was his son Max who saw it begin production. The...

[Venice Review] Arrival

In Arrival, prolific Québécois director Denis Villeneuve ponders the ramifications and possibilities of a potential first-contact between human beings and an ad...

[Venice Review] La La Land

There’s a great recurring gag in Whiplash director Damien Chazelle’s La La Land -- a beautiful, audacious, aesthetically vibrant, and enchanting contemporary mu...

[Review] Max Rose

A film centering on octogenarians isn't an easy sell. Not even when you get a legend like Jerry Lewis to come out of retirement to deliver his first starring ro...

[Venice Review] The Light Between Oceans

Despite being packaged as the kind of period weepy Nicholas Sparks would kick himself for not coming up with first, it’s clear what attracted a director like De...

[Review] Morgan

The question of the existence of a soul has been one of the prevailing interests of modern science-fiction cinema. Films like Ex Machina, Her, Upstream Color, a...

[Review] Mechanic: Resurrection

The mere existence of Mechanic: Resurrection, a sequel that no one asked for, serves as a reminder to a time before the internet could show you anything and eve...

[Review] Fatima

Based on Fatima Elayoubi’s book, Prayer to the Moon, Phillipe Faucon’s Fatima is a slice of immigrant life story that’s become increasingly familiar as filmmake...

[Review] I Am Not a Serial Killer

Often lumped into the Young Adult category to the chagrin of author Dan Wells, I'm not sure I know many parents who would like to have their fourteen-year old c...