Tag: movie review
The Gift (Of Revenge)
The question of whether or not we can ever really get over the cruelty of our high school tormentors is explored with creepy gusto in [Read More…]
Driving Down the Boulevard With Robin Williams
As Robin Williams’ final movie, Boulevard is a difficult film to judge. Directed by Dito Montiel, best known for writing the memoir A Guide to [Read More…]
The Overnight: A Strange Update to Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
Patrick Brice’s second feature, The Overnight, is a far cry from his first, Creep. The latter is darkly comedic tale of murder and obsession while [Read More…]
The Second Mother: A Many-Layered Title & Film
Brazilian writer-director Anna Muylaert’s fourth film, The Second Mother, is a multi-layered film not just about the pratfalls of motherhood, but the complications of class division when emotions [Read More…]
B-Side: A Story About a Britney Spears-esque Fading Pop Star
It’s a tale as old as the existence of celebrity: a famous person (or waning famous person, in this case) falling in love with a [Read More…]
Dior and I: A Tale of Living Up to Expectations
“Some have alcohol in them,” says Monique, one of the seamstresses of the Dior atelier about her candy at the height of the stress levels [Read More…]
Everyone Needs A Mistress America
“Isn’t every story a story of betrayal?” So begins Noah Baumbach’s Mistress America. It’s a classic writer’s tale: using someone else’s life as one’s own fodder. [Read More…]
On Clouds of Sils Maria
Olivier Assayas, a seasoned writer-director and connoisseur of obsession and loss of control, touches on these themes and beyond in one of his most notable [Read More…]
She’s Lost Control Reveals the Psyche of A Woman Trying Desperately To Suppress It All
Rare professions are hard to come by these days. Especially in a country dominated by startups and other nebulous office work. But, at last, Berlin [Read More…]
