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[LFF Review] Rosewater

Contrary to early, perhaps reactionary, accounts, Rosewater is not entirely devoid of comedy. Of course those who think of Jon Stewart as a comedian first, jour...

[LFF Review] Dearest

Beginning as a straightforward melodrama about an abducted child, Dearest, the new film from Peter Ho-Sun Chan, spirals off in several directions to the point w...

[LFF Review] The Salvation

Pulpy, violent, exploitative and trashy, The Salvation harkens back to the spaghetti Western era before the genre became introspective with the likes of Unforgi...

[Review] Kill The Messenger

Following the leads, pushing for the truth, and refusing to back down are the qualities that distinguish the great news journalists from everyone else. In Micha...

[Review] Fury

The year is 1945. An opening title card states that “every man, woman and child” have been mobilized to kill the Allies. David Ayer’s latest film, Fury, spends ...

[LFF Review] Wild Tales

Zipping through its six unconnected stories, Wild Tales is a mix of Buñuel-ian absurdism and violent black comedy, subtly raising issues of sexual and national ...

[Review] Meet the Mormons

Let’s just admit it up front: every religion has interesting, funny, good-hearted folks that are trying to make the world a better place. In fact, I’m willing t...

[Review] Dracula Untold

Dragging the dark, kicking and screaming, into the light is the intentional aim of Universal’s Dracula Untold, an obvious experiment in re-imagining the studio’...