Review by James Lindorf Padraic McKinley has spent more than two decades working in film and television, but "The Weight" marks his feature directorial debut. With this first film, he proves he's someone worth watching, even as he occasionally tries to do...
Greetings again from the darkness. My decision to review this movie was based on one thing: it’s the feature film directorial and screenwriting debut of Agata Trzebuchowska, who starred in Pawel Pawlikowski’s excellent IDA (2013). That was the extent of my...
Greetings again from the darkness. Padraic McKinley, a film editor by trade, makes his feature film directorial debut with one that feels like a throwback. And that’s not just because it’s based in 1933 Eugene, Oregon during the depression. This is a period...
Greetings again from the darkness. The risk a filmmaker runs by producing a documentary to make sense of their own family is that it might easily turns into family therapy and/or personal therapy. However, in this case, it appears that’s exactly what Colette...
Greetings again from the darkness. Seeing someone get violently attacked is horrifying, whether that be live or a video replay. An additional adjective can be added, ‘shocking’, when the attack occurs on a public figure in a public place. Such is the case...
Review by Adam Courtliff Martin McDonagh has proven time and again that he is one of the few filmmakers never defined by whatever genre his films are labelled as. True to form, his delightful latest outing, Wild Horse Nine, is no different and arguably packs...
Review by Adam Courtliff Noah Segan in his latest feature The Only Living Pickpocket in New York has taken on a nearly impossible task: make a New York crime thriller feel fresh and interesting without treading the familiar ground countless movies within the...
Review by James Lindorf Na Hong-jin announced himself to international audiences with “The Wailing” in 2016, one of the finest Korean horror films of the last 25 years. A decade later, he returns with “Hope,” his most ambitious project to date. The film...
Greetings again from the darkness. It can be challenging to relate to an historical drama set in the 14th century, yet the Peasants’ Revolt of 1381 in medieval England sometimes hits quite close to home. Writer-director Paul Greengrass directed three of the...
Greetings again from the darkness. With new music being created every day, it’s important to keep alive the history of those early musicians who, decades later, are still influencing contemporary songwriters and musicians. This is exactly what Kirsty Bell...