Reviews

[Fantastic Fest Review] Too Late

A seedy Los Angeles-set crime caper filtered through an Elmore Leonard novel is where you might find Dennis Hauck’s debut feature film Too Late. Presented out o...

[Review] Pan

The undeniable and frankly fatal issue with any prequel is that the audience knows walking in where the story must end. You don't see a movie called Dracula Unt...

[NYFF Review] Junun

Has the hype around a nearly wordless, 54-minute, India-set documentary ever been so high? This is what happens when Paul Thomas Anderson, a not-unpopular choic...

[Review] Room

Although no human can remember their entrance into the world, one can only imagine the rush of senses that would accompany such an introduction if one's brain c...

[LFF Review] Suffragette

Directed by a woman, written by a woman, and with a cast led by women, Suffragette opens the London Film Festival with the smashing of glass ceilings and shop w...

[Fantastic Fest Review] Schneider vs. Bax

Hitman films tend to be action-packed and heavy with tropes familiar to that particular sub-genre of thrillers. Yet Dutch filmmaker Alex van Warmerdam hopes to ...

[Fantastic Fest Review] Klovn Forever

Those familiar with the off-kilter comedic duo behind the Danish TV series Klown (or Klovn as it is known in Denmark) -- which spurned one of the most hilarious...

[NYFF Review] Bridge of Spies

There are two sides to every conflict, and within each are intricacies and viewpoints that can cause either faction to erupt if the scales are tipped. The stake...

[NYFF Review] Steve Jobs

Taken as a straight-faced, just-the-facts account of one great man’s amazing achievements, Steve Jobs is a bit daft. For as much as the structure of Danny Boyle...