Reviews

[Review] Ant-Man

Having continually proven that they can repackage the same general structure and archetypes into their cinematic universe for increasing box-office returns, Mar...

[Karlovy Vary Review] One Floor Below

Radu Muntean is regularly associated with the directors of the Romanian New Wave. Like many of the films to emerge from this remarkably enduring ‘movement’, One...

[Karlovy Vary Review] Mediterranea

Early into Mediterranea, Jonas Carpignano's debut feature, a pair of African immigrants who've recently arrived in Italy are standing on the platform of a rural...

[Review] 10,000 KM

“All you need for a movie is a gun and a girl," Jean-Luc Godard once said during the French New Wave. It’s safe to say that 10,000 KM director Carlos Marques-Ma...

[Review] Self/less

What if the world’s greatest minds could live beyond their bodies? Imagine what Steve Jobs or Albert Einstein could have accomplished with 50 more years of work...

[Review] Mala Mala

Colorful and beautifully shot, Mala Mala is occasionally as tender and provocative as some of Pedro Almodóvar’s best work. Told through nine subjects, directors...

[Review] Stray Dog

Five years after writer/director Debra Granik's sophomore effort Winter's Bone earned four Oscars nominations including Best Picture, she returns to the big scr...

[Review] Jimmy’s Hall

Jimmy’s Hall, rumored to be Ken Loach’s final film, condenses the various political ideologies and conflicts of post-civil war Ireland into a manageable histori...

[Review] Terminator Genisys

Much of the success attributed to Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles stems from it using its time travel-centric mythology to erase the franchise's failure...

[Review] Magic Mike XXL

Everyone’s favorite male stripper (sorry, male entertainer) is back. Only this time, he’s gone legit! It's been three years and Mike Lane (Channing Tatum) is ru...