Reviews

[Review] Stories We Tell

Sarah Polley's Stories We Tell is an exquisite, elegant rebuke to the standards that define so many of our most popular filmic narratives: three-act structures ...

[Review] Down the Shore

After a longtime career as acting coach for the likes of Jet Li, Harold Guskin heads behind the camera for his directorial debut Down the Shore with the help of...

[Review] Tomorrow You’re Gone

Directing his first film since 2005’s Down in the Valley, David Jacobson finds himself in very similar tonal territory with Tomorrow You’re Gone. Written by Mat...

[Review] Leonie

The saying goes as follows: "behind every great man stands a great woman". No words are truer said for renowned sculptor/designer Isamu Noguchi if Hisako Matsui...

[Review] Trance

Note: The trailer for Trance, I think, does a good job of representing the film without revealing significant plot specifics. I have tried to stick to that agen...

[Review] The Host

16 years ago writer-director Andrew Niccol crafted one of the most well thought-out, dramatic, and moving science-fiction universes with his cult classic, Gatta...

[Review] G.I. Joe: Retaliation

There's a bravado throughout G.I. Joe: Retaliation that never quite rings true. As much as they talk it up, it's more of a rooster's plumage than reality. "Roar...

[Review] Graceland

Thrillers with a bit of amorality at their center are always a welcome treat when Hollywood seems too quick to make theirs possess ironclad happy endings. The t...