DIRECTED BY HIROKAZU KOREEDA/JAPANESE/2016
Fascinated with Naomi Kawase's Japanese film Sweet Bean which is being released by Kino Lorber, I headed into the s...
Directors Thomas Jackson, Charlotte Landelius, and Henrik Stockare/2015
Street Date: August 9, 2016/Kino Lorber
Foodies is a documentary that takes the viewer...
Director Drake Doremus/2016
Drake Doremus follows up his previous effort, Like Crazy, with this futuristic utopian story where human emotion has been inhibited...
Director Naomi Kawase/2015
Street Date: August 9, 2016/Kino Lorber Screen Classics
Kino Lorber is releasing Naomi Kawase's beautifully moving film Sweet B...
Note: This review contains a heavy amount of spoilers for this film given that it is now on video. What is discussed below is now "After the Show" and is fair g...
The Visual Storyteller Finds Truth in the Lies... at 24 Frames per Second.
Controversial from his moment of relevance, filmmaker Brian De Palma's infamy is wel...
Finding the parenting contrast between "Power to the People" and "Stick it to the Man"
DIRECTED BY MATT ROSS/2016
Actor Matt Ross wrote and directed his sec...
Bryan Cranston Goes Undercover in this Gripping True Crime Drama
DIRECTED BY BRAD FURMAN/2016
Bryan Cranston has gotten really good at playing a guy hugging b...
Is there enough make-up to make this film look good?
Director: Nicholas Winding Refn/2016
Director Nicholas Winding Refn is no stranger to controversy and g...
ZekeFilm Writers Share Their Midyear Film Picks
With the 2016 movie year more than half over, it's time to pause and take stock of what's stood out thus far. T...
Erik Yates is a high school teacher by day, and has extensive writing experience writing curriculum for various outlets, songs for his former band, and articles for the blog Vinyl Theology. Erik resides in Houston, Texas and is passionate about film, music, family, and traveling. When he is not watching film, or working at his day job, Erik finds time to add to his vinyl record collection, play guitar, or attend concerts. You may just find him hanging out at the local Alamo Drafthouse. You can connect with him on his Twitter account.
