Think of an important event in your life. Do you remember it the same as someone else who was there? Do you remember it the same as you did a few years ago? Marjorie Prime is about the relationship between reality and memory. Based on a Pulitzer-nominated play, the...
?There?s never been a rat problem in Baltimore; it?s always been a people problem.? Rat Film is a bizarre documentary that seeks to speak about social issues by showing bits of the history of Baltimore and the way we people interact with rats. It never really makes...
?One of our country?s largest private companies is proudly built on American values and skills.? (from a promotional video for Koch Industries) Crossett, Arkansas bills itself as the ?Forestry Capital of the South?. It?s a small community, but it is home to a...
In 1947 hundreds of years of British rule over India came to an end with the creation of two countries: India and Pakistan, and the largest mass population migration in history. Viceroy?s House is a kind of Upstairs/Downstairs view of that history. Director Gurinder...
Who can you trust? That concept is central in the new spy thriller from Michael Apted, Unlocked. The story focuses on Alice Racine (Noomi Rapace), who we first see working as a social worker in London. But she used to be one of the CIA?s top interrogators. Her job was...
For me, dance movies are very similar to sports movies. The protagonist works hard to reach the goal of recognition and success. They must overcome obstacles, but they grow through the process. Polina is not quite that kind of film. Sometimes people lose their vision...
Divorce is a stressful time for all involved. After Love (French title: L??conomie du Couple) places us into a divorcing household in which those stresses are amplified. After fifteen years of marriage Boris and Marie are separating. They both love their twin...
In The Fencer Endel Nelis (M?rt Avandi) arrives in the small town of Haapsalu, Estonia, to take a job in a school. Among his duties is to have a sports club. But no one is very interested, until one of his students finds him practicing his fencing and asked to be...
?Why do you dance?? Leap! is a story of dreams and heart, of overcoming failure, of finding the answers to the questions that matter most. It?s not unlike any number of films (I?ll refer to a few of them later), yet sometimes hearing a familiar story in a new setting...