Reviews

[SXSW Review] Much Ado About Nothing

Listening to William Shakespeare on the silver screen in the guise of the modern age can be jarring, as we watch people with cell phones and electricity use the...

[Review] About Sunny

It's intriguing to note how many buzzed-about films depicting parents who don't know how or simply can't do the job were released on the festival circuit betwee...

[SXSW Review] Snap

With Snap, directors Youssef Delara and Victor Teran's key goal seems to be thrusting their audience into uncomfortable situations. Mental health is an extremel...

[Review] The Call

The Call, from director Brad Anderson, is a mostly effective thriller despite some minor objections. Centered on a strong performance by Halle Berry as a 911 op...

[SXSW Review] The Act of Killing

One of the most dark and emotionally deafening documentaries I’ve ever witnessed, there’s no easy way to comprehend The Act of Killing’s total impact and how af...

[SXSW Review] Short Term 12

Subtlety is a hard art to master, yet it abounds in the miraculously tender and poignant Short Term 12. Director Destin Cretton builds off of rising star Brie L...

[Review] Ginger & Rosa

Director Sally Potter has carved out an intriguing niche in the filmmaking world. Her previous feature, Rage, premiered on mobile phones and her breakthrough Or...

[Review] The Monk

Not much will go right for Ambrosio (Vincent Cassel) over the course of The Monk, Dominik Moll's brooding adaptation of Matthew Lewis's heralded 1796 novel, whi...

[SXSW Review] Unhung Hero

Taking on a challenging subject useful to all men, gay or straight, Unhung Hero asks, 'how do we measure up?' In fact, there is an app for it, The Chubby Checke...

[Review] The Incredible Burt Wonderstone

In 2006, movie goers experienced a fantastic double whammy when two similar magician films, Christopher Nolan’s The Prestige and Neil Burger’s The Illusionist, ...