Review: Year by the Sea
I know there are not enough great roles for women of a certain age, but could someone please write something good for Karen Allen (Indiana Jones, Starman) to act in.…
Review: Brad’s Status
I lie in bed and overthink everything in my life on a regular basis, but I don't think everyone needs to hear about it. Writer/director Mike White (School of Rock,…
Review: The Villainess (AK-NYEO)
If you're looking for some bloody violence, this is the movie for you! The opening sequence alone has a higher body count than even Tarantino's most epic movie. A woman…
Review: Columbus
This one is indie all the way. Set in Columbus, Indiana, it's the story of Casey (Haley Lu Richardson), a local girl in love with the architecture of her small…
Review: Viceroy’s House
It's been 70 years since the British left India and split it in two while they were at it. Viceroy's House is a very BBC telling of those last weeks,…
Review: Clash
This is an edge of your seat sort of film. It takes place in Egypt after the Arab Spring, after the Muslim Brotherhood has been thrown out of the government…
Review: Menashe
Most of us will never see the Ultra-orthodox Hassidic Jewish culture from the inside. Menashe is one such opportunity. Shot in Brooklyn and almost entirely in Yiddish, it's the story…
Review: Ingrid Goes West
This is an odd and uncomfortable indie comedy. The Ingrid of the title has serious social/mental problems. Played by Aubrey Plaza (Parks and Recreation) she lives very much alone but…
Review: Lady Macbeth
No, it's not Shakespeare's play. But the lady in question does end up with a lot of blood on her hands. The film Lady Macbeth is an adaptation of a…
Review: Maudie
Based on a true story, this biopic is both sweet and disturbing at times. It's the story of Maud Lewis, a folk artist who lived in Nova Scotia. It starts…
Review: The Midwife
France's two greatest female stars unite in this bittersweet drama about unfinished relationships. Catherine Deneuve is hard-living Béatrice, who's been living out of a suitcase for decades making a living…
Review: Okja
In his audacious new film, Bong Joon Ho (Mother, Snowpiercer) pits a little Korean girl and her beloved super-pig against a corporate food mogul (Tilda Swinton). Okja is the name…
The Beguiled Review
When I heard this film was being done, my first thought was, "A remake of the 70s Clint Eastwood flick? Why?" But fortunately it's not a remake. Sophia Coppola has…
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AFIDOCS Reviews Part Two
Saturday was a full day, and I had not thought I was choosing films with a theme, but at the end of the day I realized it was a day…