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[Review] They’re Watching

What do you get when you combine uninventive found footage, a location chosen specifically for its cheap production costs, and CGI the likes of which has not be...

[Review] Alienated

Who isn't self-centered? If you find someone, please let me know, because I don't think that person exists. Even when we are at our most compassionate, empathet...

[Review] My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2

There’s one point late in My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 that stands out -- nay, is almost stunning -- for actually being underplayed. Ian (John Corbett), in the mi...

[Review] Born to Be Blue

I played jazz trumpet growing up in Oklahoma, so Chet Baker’s somber swing always brought our ensemble back to earth when Dizzy Gillespie’s flying fingers sent ...

[ND/NF Review] Nakom

Nakom is the first movie produced in Ghana's Kusaal language, made by directorial duo T.W. Pittman and Kelly Daniela Norris after the former’s Peace Corps stint...

[Review] Fireworks Wednesday

After a festival tour back in 2006 and a now-out-of-print DVD release, Asghar Farhadi’s Fireworks Wednesday has been theatrically re-released by the newly estab...

[SXSW Review] Tower

Utilizing an engaging mix of newly filmed footage rotoscoped à la Waking Life, archival materials, and interviews, Tower employs a verbatim style to capture the...