Reviews

[Hot Docs Review] ALIAS

Holding onto hope for a better life to strengthen each subsequent generation so one day his ancestors won’t be forced to hustle on the street, Alkatraz strives ...

[Review] The Numbers Station

If John Cusack doesn’t watch out, he’s going to become Nicolas Cage. OK, maybe it’s unlikely that the amiable and snarky Cusack will ever achieve the wild-eyed ...

[Tribeca Review] Reaching for the Moon

Reaching for the Moon is a lush, erotic and mature drama chronicling several years (we're uncertain how long, but it's temporal disorientation is intentional) i...

[Tribeca Review] Bottled Up

Bottled Up, the second feature from writer/director Enid Zentelis, is a noble piece of independent filmmaking, determined to explore oft-examined dramatic situa...

[Review] Kon-Tiki

Coming out of Norway and sporting a Foreign Film Oscar nomination, Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg's Kon-Tiki is a handsomely-made action-adventure film that...

[Tribeca Review] Trust Me

Clark Gregg’s Trust Me is an often hilarious dark comedy, evolving into satire, veering towards drama and then continuing back to where it began. Where it goes ...

[Review] Dirty Wars

No wonder the U.S. government isn't afraid of shrinking the U.S. military forces in Afghanistan and Iraq. The real heavy lifters are JSOC, the Joint Special Ope...

[Tribeca Review] The Pretty One

Although only coined in the last decade, the "Manic Pixie Dream Girl" archetype can be traced back to screwball comedies and has been spoofed as early as Annie ...