Reviews

[Locarno Review] The Ornithologist

Publicly stated by its director to concern Saint Anthony, the Portuguese priest and friar who legend calls the most supernatural of saints, The Ornithologist lu...

[Locarno Review] This Time Tomorrow

Lina Rodriguez’s This Time Tomorrow delivers its thesis through three clear demarcations in time -- or, rather, extended shots, beginning on a sunlit tree, comi...

[Locarno Review] Hermia & Helena

For beginning with a dedication to Setsuko Hara, recently departed muse of Ozu and Naruse, Hermia & Helena -- the new film by Viola and The Princess of Fran...

[Locarno Review] Donald Cried

Donald Cried opens in medias res on Peter (Jesse Wakeman), in a cab ride through a snowy suburb, realizing that he lost his wallet, and from there gives success...

[Review] The Mind’s Eye

Between Midnight Special, Netflix’s Stranger Things, and now Joe Begos’ The Mind’s Eye -- a virtual remake of David Cronenberg’s 1981 film Scanners -- the ’80s ...

[Fantasia Review] Terra Formars

It's the tail end of the twenty-first century and Earth has nearly overstayed its welcome with dwindling resources and over-population. Scientists believe they ...

[Review] Sun Choke

Something happened to Janie (Sarah Hagan). Something bad. This cataclysmic event — wherein quick flashes of screams by the pool mixing with bloody red liquid sc...

[Review] Neither Heaven Nor Earth

Ursula K. LeGuin wrote that war is the opposite of civilization -- you have one or the other, not both. Clément Cogitore's debut feature, Neither Heaven Nor Ear...

[Review] Five Nights in Maine

One day, Sherwin (David Oyelowo) receives a call informing him that his wife, Fiona, was killed in a car accident. Devastated, Sherwin travels to Maine to see F...