Mars S2E4: Looking to the Past
The goriness and gut-wrenching emotion episode 4 of Mars almost felt like an updated version of Michael Crichton’s Andromeda Strain.
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The Dancing Dogs of Dombrova: Dance Like Bubbie is Watching
Premiering tonight at the Whistler Film Festival, The Dancing Dogs of Dombrova?follows an estranged brother and sister, Aaron (Douglas Nyback) and Sarah (Katherine Fogler) Cotler on an expedition to Dombrova, Poland to find the remnants of their Bubbie?s childhood dog, Peter. As they trek through the frozen countryside, Aaron and Sarah?s estranged relationship is repeatedly…
Invisible Hands – Meeting the Children Who Work for You
If you look around your desk, or your pantry, you will almost certainly see products that come to you because of child labor (which is very often slavery).
Tiger: More than a Match
Inspired by the true events, Tiger?tells the story of Pardeep Singh Nagra, an aspiring boxer who becomes the centre of controversy when he is banned from the sport due to his religious beliefs. Sighting the safety of the athletes, Nagra is told that he will be unable to compete in the ring because he refuses…
Mars S2E3: What Is Your Passion Worth?
Scientists are often so committed to their respective projects that they are willing to sacrifice any and everything to make their goals happen.?
Mars S2E2: Can?t We Just Get Along?
How do two groups, who are worlds apart on issues that matter, peacefully coexist? Or is that even a possibility?
Everybody Knows – Disclosing Open Secrets
In Everybody Knows, director Asghar Farhadi leaves Iranian stresses behind (cf., A Separation, The Past, and The Salesman) for a more Eurocentric story.
Blindspotting: Walk in His Shoes
We tend to judge what we don’t know, as complicated as another culture or as simple as the neighbor across the street who we don’t know. But in the film Blindspotting, we have a startling look into the world of two lifelong friends, one black and one white, who have much to teach us about…
Beautiful Boy: Everything
David Sheff (Steve Carell) dabbled in his share of drugs as a youth but seemingly grew out of that phase and developed into a responsible adult. On the other hand, his son, Nic (Timothee Chalamet), didn?t have the same luck in his experimental drug phase. Although experimenting with numerous drugs, Nic specifically became addicted to…
Shoplifters – A Twisted Family Tale
Winner of the Palme d?Or at the Cannes Film Festival this year, Shoplifters is a part of Hirokazu Kore-eda?s examination of family?s place within society. This is a topic he has looked at from various angles in other films, notably Like Father, Like Son; Our Little Sister; Nobody Knows; and I Wish. (I recommend them all.)