Review: Kingdom of Silence
In October of 2018 the world reacted in horror at the news that journalist Jamal Khashoggi had been brutally murdered inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. The story of his…
Review: Eternal Beauty
Mental illness seems to be the zeitgeist in the film world right now. And fortunately it's being explored in a wide range of genres. Paper Spiders looks at paranoid delusion…
Review: Ursula von Rydingsvard: Into Her Own
Ursula Von Rydingsvard's name did not ring a bell when I first heard of this documentary. But after watching it, I realize I've actually seen and loved her work in…
Review: Waikiki
There aren't many films directed by indigenous people. Their voices are largely missing from the cinematic world. But still it's somewhat shocking that Waikiki which is premiering today at the…
Review: Resisterhood
Resisterhood begins in the aftermath of the 2016 election as women (and men) gather in Washington to march on Day One of the Trump presidency. There we meet the six…
Review: Paper Spiders
I've always enjoyed the performances of Lili Taylor starting with Mystic Pizza. And reading her bio on IMDB probably explains why. One of her quotes reads, "I guess the characters…
Review: Critical Thinking
For his theatrical film directing debut actor John Leguizamo took on the real-life inspirational story of a group of students at an inner city Miami school who joined a class…
Quickie Review: Killed My Wife
In this Korean thriller, a man wakes up from a drunken night. His clothes are covered in blood and he has no memory of how they got that way. But…
Review: The Mole Agent
The Mole Agent feels very much like a narrative film even though it's a documentary, and that's a good thing. It tells the story of Sergio, an 83-year-old man recruited…
Review: The Bare Necessity (Perdrix)
This French comedy is definitely for those who like their films on the quirky side. In it a young woman named Juliette (Maud Wyler, Blue Is the Warmest Colour) is…
Review: Driven to Abstraction
As the saying goes, when something seems to good to be true, it probably is. Driven to Abstraction is a documentary about the biggest art scandal of this century. I…
Review: American Street Kid
In this powerful documentary, director Michael Leoni headed to the streets of Los Angeles to see what it's like to be a homeless kid. Initially he was planning on shooting…
Review: Tesla
I've been interested in inventor Nikola Tesla's life and work for ages, so I was excited that a feature film was going to take him on. And I love Ethan…
Quickie Review: The Prey
Human hunting movies seem to be the thing right now. Early this year there was the controversial American film The Hunt that disappeared onto Netflix in the blink of an…