90/100 Written by Michael Clawson As charismatic as he is cynical and unscrupulous, down on his luck newspaperman Charles Tatum (Kirk Douglas, fantastic) stumbles on exactly the kind of "human interest" story he can exploit to get himself out of … Continue reading.
Written by Alexander Reams 89/100 Cruella is the latest film from critical darling Craig Gillespie (Lars and the Real Girl, I,Tonya, and Fright Night). The film follows a young Cruella de Vil as she attempts to leave her young life … Continue reading.
Written by Michael Clawson 50/100 Just after experiencing a devastating loss, Anna (Juliette Binoche) hosts Jeanne (Lou de Laâge) for several days at a Sicilian villa as they await the arrival of Giuseppe, Anna's son and Jeanne's lover. They spend … Continue reading.
Written by Michael Clawson 80/100 In director Maren Ade’s latest film, which begins in current day Germany, Peter Simonischek plays Winifred Conradi, a divorced, unkempt, and oafish schoolteacher. He’s nearing retirement and seems to be suppressing his loneliness and ennui … Continue reading.
Written by Michael Clawson 100/100 An intensely emotional two-hander about the dissolution of a marriage. Shot almost entirely with extreme close-ups, Bergman puts a couple’s years-long emotional odyssey under a microscope, taking intimacy between viewer and character to new heights. … Continue reading.
Written by Nick McCann 91/100 Pretend, reader, that you were a citizen of Japan in mid-summer of 1945... yeah that sucked. The atom bombings of World War 2 left a permanent stain on that country and the world. The nuclear … Continue reading.
Written by Michael Clawson 90/100 Richard Linklater’s “Everybody Wants Some!!”, a so-called “spiritual sequel” to the director’s 1993 film “Dazed and Confused”, is set in Texas circa 1980 and follows a group of college baseball players reveling through their last … Continue reading.
Written by Maria Manuella Pache de Athayde 60/100 Nikole Beckwith’s Together Together is what I’d call a typical Sundance film. It's quirky but doesn't overdo it. We are quickly told the story of Matt and his surrogate Anna. While I … Continue reading.
Written by Anna Harrison 25/100 There’s a chance I might have enjoyed Mother Schmuckers if I were a frat bro sitting in my frat house with my fellow frat friends and we were all very high. Unfortunately, I am not … Continue reading.
Written by Taylor Baker 76/100 SYNOPSIS: A young man is sent to “La Maca,” a prison in the middle of the Ivorian forest ruled by its inmates. As tradition goes with the rising of the red moon, he is designated … Continue reading.
