A Slice of Brazilian Life, Now On DVD
DIRECTED BY ANNA MUYLAERT/PORTUGESE/2015
The term “second mother” in the new Brazilian film of the same title, The Sec...
Five Sisters, Not Easily Broken
Film #9: Mustang (2015)
Director: Deniz Gamze Urgüven
I write this review on International Women’s Day, and I couldn’t ha...
Black Tie, Pink Noise
45 Years develops slowly as a sullen and cynical portrait of long-term relationships. Such relationships are are not merely things to wo...
A Brilliantly Rendered Batch
Who doesn’t love a good animated short film? This is the filmic art form where imagination can truly cut loose, and an individua...
The Ferocious Western Tale Isn't For The Faint Of Heart.
DIRECTED BY ALEJANDRO GONZALEZ INARRITU/2015
If you are looking for something profound, cheerful or...
Featured Critic Erik Yates Offers A Look Back At 2015:
What Worked....What Didn't!
2015 was a strange year. It may be seen as the year that Hollywood fell ba...
"It Was The Best Of Times, It Was The Worst Of Times... And Then There Was A Lot Left In The Middle."
It is a genuine treat to go to the movies! Tonight I sat ...
Joy & Sadness, Hope & Despair, Cute Robots, and Dinosaurs in High Heels
2015 was the Year of Movies That Shouldn’t Have Worked But Did.
I’m a nerd w...
I watched 58 movies that were released in 2015, just one more than last year. It was a solid, but not spectacular year in story telling. While I saw some grea...
It's A Dangerous Business, Walking Out One's Front Door.
Telling stories is hard, you guys.
If your story is about a mother and child held captive in one ro...
