Coming of age can open the world in new ways, but at what price? In Lukas Dhont?s Close (which is Belgium?s entry for Oscar consideration) we watch a sudden and tragic shift from the idyllic world of childhood to thechallenging world of trying to fit in to the expectations of society. The film has been…
?There?s people that paint with colour and it?s called abstract. I don?t think it?s abstract at all. Colour is the most important thing.? ? Peter Bradley Directed by Alex Rappoport, With Peter Bradley is a deep dive into one man?s impact on the history of American art culture. Forging a career in the midst of systemic racism,…
Written and directed by Sujaat Saudagar,?The Underbug?takes place in India as the country is ravaged by violence. On the eve of its Independence Day, rioters have taken to the street, demanding change. However, in the process, the nation is also being torn apart. Fearing for their lives, two rioters (Ali Fazal and Hussain Dalal) take…
Well, here we are, my last predictions before the Oscar Nominations come out this Tuesday, January 24th. So much has changed with many major awards bodies nominating their favorite films in different technical, acting and writing categories. I’ve assembled them all here for your insight and some of my predictions go against the amount of…
Directed by Mark Kozakiewicz, the new documentary Silent Love begins in a small Polish village after the mother of Aga and Milosz passes away. Alone and hurting, Aga seeks to become legal guardian for her younger brother to help keep the family together. However, in the midst of their legal battle, an unknown piece of Aga?s life…
Directed by Law Chen, Starring Jerry as Himself is a docu-fiction hybrid that tells the amazing true story of Jerry Hsu. Divorced but devoted to his family, Jerry is an honest and hard-working man who wants to do what?s right. However, when Jerry receives a call from the government, he finds himself enlisted to help the CIA…
Who can protect us from evil? Almost no one can, at least according to The Devil?s Offering directed by Oliver Park. The film begins on a very disturbing note when we witness the release of a demon that we’re told is ‘the taker of children’. With that haunting notion looming over the film, we follow…
Everyone on earth may be living? but are they truly alive? Directed by Oliver Hermanus, Living tells the story of Mr. Williams (Bill Nighy), a veteran civil servant who spends his days grinding away at his desk, moving assignments but seemingly accomplishing little. (After all, ?it won?t hurt anything,? he states flatly.) Living with his son and…
Somebody once said that ?the internet never forgets?. In Missing, that memory proves helpful for once. Missing tells thes tory of June (Storm Reid), a teenager who?s still grieving the loss of her father from almost 10 years ago. Now that her mother (Nia Long) has found a new love, June is struggling to come to grips…
I?ve seen this movie before. But not onscreen. I know that, as a critic, my role is supposed to distance myself from a film. Talk about what?s good and what?s not so you know in advance (and I will discuss that here as well). But with Florian Zeller?s The Son, I admit that it?s a little…
