The Eternal Daughter is a quiet and understated piece that doesn?t hold it back from achieving cinematic excellence. Between two thespian geniuses in Joanne Hogg and Tilda Swinton, there?s no doubt this film should command your attention even when it has you waiting for something to happen. What Hogg does here is a sign of…
Using clever re-enactments,?Framing Agnes?uncovers the stories of the trans community in the late 1950s-60s. Using actual case files from UCLA Sociologist Harold Garfinkel (played here by Chase Joynt), the film uses a black-and-white classical format to recreate his research regarding gender health. Beginning with Agnes (Zackary Drucker), the film invites other trans actors to participate…
Based on the hit film franchise,?Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again?is a new animated adventure that once again returns fans to the American Museum of Natural History. After his success in New York, Larry Daley has taken his career as a museum curator to the next level by accepting a summer position in Japan….
“We will not ask for freedom. We will not wait for freedom to be handed to us. We will take freedom!? As one might expect from the title, Antoine Fuqua?s Emancipation is a story of freedom. The true story the film is based on involves a photo known as ?Whipped Peter? (the man?s actual name…
Exploring history can be fun, even if it doesn?t always make sense. Beginning during the First World War, Amsterdam tells the story of Burt Berendson and Harold Woodman (Christian Bale and John David Washington), two veterans who bonded on the field of battle. Their trio become complete when Burt and Harry meet Valerie (Margot Robbie), a striking…
I?m Totally Fine is the latest film to take a stab at using sci-fi ideas on an indie budget in ways that show that a herculean CGI effort isn?t required. Starring Jillian Bell, Natalie Morales and Kyle Newacheck (who all serve as executive producers on the movie), it becomes clear that the film comes from…
It can be very difficult to merge live theatre and cinema. Although there have been countless efforts before, it seems that one must inevitably give way to the other in order for it to be effective. As Spielberg recently recreated the wonder of West Side Story, he had to make the film feel authentic. Even amidst…
I felt the need to make a review of Navalny because it is one of the most recent examples of documentary filmmaking that requires our attention today. Alexandre Navalny is the leader of the Russian opposition part who since 2017 has tried to make Russia and the world aware of the blatant corruption of Putin?s…
By Ben Dower Yuji Shinoda (Takehiro Murata), with the help of his daughter Io (Mayu Suzuki), heads up the Godzilla Prediction Network (GPN), an independent group of researchers who track Godzilla.??While chasing Godzilla through Nemuro one evening, they are joined by reporter Yuki Ichinose (Naomi Nishida). A meteorite has been discovered at the bottom of…
There’s a reason that this film the won Golden Lion. All the Beauty and the Bloodshed combines the beauty found in the photography of the documentary’s main subject, Nan Goldin, with the tragedy that she encountered in her life. The film is presented in two cross-cutting parts which compares and contrasts the two parts of…
