Review by Jacquelin Hipes Based on Laura Moriarty’s 2012 novel, The Chaperone follows Louise Brooks (Haley Lu Richardson), a young dancer from Kansas, and Norma Carlisle (Elizabeth McGovern), a morally upstanding society matron and family acquaintance who accompanies...
Review by Jacquelin Hipes Ted Bundy has been experiencing a morbid little renaissance in recent months, thanks in no small part to Joe Berlinger. Berlinger executive produced the Netflix documentary Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes and now returns to...
Greetings again from the darkness. Hungarian filmmaker Laszlo Nemes mesmerized us with his first feature film, SON OF SAUL (2015), the Oscar winner for Best Foreign Language film. That debut was an incredibly unique viewing experience centered on the Holocaust at...
Greetings again from the darkness. The film opens with a title card informing us that it is “based on an absurd but true story”. In 1973 the Kreditbanken of Stockholm Sweden was held up by an armed man. The ordeal was unusual for low-crime Sweden and it was broadcast...
Review by Lauryn Angel Laika Studios has produced another great family flick with Missing Link. While not as mesmerizing as Kubo and the Two Strings, the film shares a sense of humor with director Chris Butler’s previous film, ParaNorman. I found it delightful, but...
Review by Caitlin Zeigler Dr. Julian Reed (Waleed Zuaiter) and Dr. Barbara Sullivan (Maria Dizzia) are onto a medical breakthrough, when Dr. Reed’s boss finds the mummified body of a Neanderthal. They figure out how to make a Neanderthal using DNA from the body and...
Review by James Lindorf Director Garth Davis is back with his first film since the 2016 Oscar nominated Lion. This time he is working with Universal to produce and IFC Films to distribute Mary Magdalene. Starring two-time Oscar-nominated Rooney Mara (Carol) as Mary...
Review by James Lindorf Visual effects editor turned documentarian V. Scott Balcerek weaved decades of footage, photos and interviews together to create Satan & Adam, a fantastically endearing feature about life and the power of music. Satan & Adam made its world...
Review by Lavanya An honest, inspiring, disturbing and real-life tale of a DACA child’s experience across the border, ‘A Line Birds Cannot see’ strives to show what we fail to realize. With simple animation and emotional connection, it makes an attempt to paint the...
Greetings again from the darkness. A great many things changed on April 20, 1999. The “Columbine Massacre”, a school shooting (and pipe bombs) that resulted in many deaths and injuries, and subsequent copycats, was broadcast live on television for the world to...