Reviews

[Review] Into the Woods

The involvement of Disney on any adaptation of beloved source material can't help being a double-edged sword. On the one hand their clout and financial backing ...

[Review] PK

In a season of Oscar-bait one of the most daring films of the year can be found in that perhaps sole multiplex in your region that frequently dedicates a screen...

[Review] Here’s to the Future!

In Day for Night, François Truffaut explored the toils and troubles of a film shoot: his fight with actors, justifying his vision to skeptical journalists, and ...

[Review] Exodus: Gods and Kings

Ridley Scott and the biblical epic seem like an intriguing proposition, but Exodus: Gods and Kings, the latest take on the story of Moses, proves to be a vacuou...

[Review] Lily

Observant, quiet and authentic, Lily, the feature film debut of director/co-writer Matt Creed stars his co-writer Amy Grantham as a young artist in the final st...

[Review] The Color of Time

I wonder if James Franco showed his NYU class Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life because it appears the twelve students he handpicked to write and direct what b...

[Review] Heaven Adores You

Elliott Smith may not be a household name but throughout the late 1990s through early 2000s, he garnered significant critical success and rose to stardom throug...

[Review] Red Knot

The claustrophobic nature of a boat threatens to tear a young couple’s marriage apart before it has even set sail in Scott Cohen’s quietly powerful Red Knot. Pe...

[Review] Take Care

Needy and broad, Take Care is an exhausting experience for all the wrong reasons. Expanding what might make for an effective 20-minute short with carefully obse...