Highest 2 Lowest, renowned director Spike Lee’s latest team-up with frequent collaborator Denzel Washington, finds the filmmaker firmly in rousing crowd pleaser territory with expectedly strong results. A kinetic, morally …
The twisty, frequently funny thriller Americana hearkens back to the days when Tarantino riffs were around every corner, and in this instance, that comparison isn’t a bad thing. A highly …
Writer-director Kate Beecroft’s debut feature East of Wall is another strong entry into the ever expanding canon of modern naturalism. Blending non-actors playing off their real life personas and placing …
Amy Berg’s documentary It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley tells the story of a music icon who burned brightly and briefly upon the stage. Although he only released a single full …
Pasvik Folk High School – the setting for Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady’s latest documentary Folktales – isn’t a normal school. Located two-hundred miles North of the Arctic Circle and …
Amid renewed American interest for the Japanese icon and before the international critical and commercial success of Oscar winning period piece Godzilla Minus One, there was 2016’s game changing and …
The controversial documentary Russians at War will understandably provoke mixed feelings in those who watch it. It certainly raised the ire of many who hadn’t yet viewed Anastasia Trofimova’s film, …
Alien: Earth bears all the hallmarks of an exceptional continuation or spin-off of a series. Elevating pre-existing lore and franchise expectations, while also fitting perfectly into an episodic series format …
Hind Meddeb’s documentary Sudan, Remember Us celebrates the spirit of togetherness and peaceful demonstration even at the cost of hardship, death, and displacement. While some viewers might remember or have …
Atmospheric and cleverly written, Zach Cregger’s eerie thriller Weapons follows through on the promise the writer-director showed with his first film, Barbarian. While similar in a lot of ways – …