Reviews

[Review] Cantinflas

While mostly delightful, yet not terribly insightful, Cantinflas is a warm and nostalgic look at the business of show, including one instance where the Golden A...

[Review] As Above, So Below

Although incantations and intimations of the arcane spring to mind when considering the title of the new Brothers Dowdle thriller As Above, So Below, the film’s...

[Venice Review] The Cut

After mysteriously withdrawing from Cannes a few months back, Fatih Akin's The Cut lands at the Venice Film Festival as one of the highest-profile titles in the...

[Venice Review] Manglehorn

With Prince Avalanche and Joe (also competing for the Golden Lion in Venice) audiences could feel very comfortable in their newly-repositioned set of expectatio...

[Review] The November Man

A few brain cells short and a handful of years too late, The November Man arrives in theaters, the longtime passion project of former James Bond player Pierce B...

[Venice Review] 99 Homes

Ramin Bahrani made a name for himself with three independent films over the last decade, focusing on humanity's daily struggles, reinvented foreign lives in Ame...

[Venice Review] The Look of Silence

When sitting down to watch The Look of Silence – Joshua Oppenheimer's follow-up to 2012's harrowing The Act of Killing – you're struck by how quickly you can sl...

[Venice Review] Birdman

Kicking off the 71st edition of the Venice Film Festival this morning, Alejandro González Iñárritu's Birdman has all the markings of a great festival opener: it...

[Review] Winter in the Blood

Winter in the Blood is the sophomore effort from twin directors Alex and Andrew J. Smith, who first gained notoriety more than a decade ago with their debut fea...