Review: ‘Life Partners’
This female equivalent to bromance movies is a charming and funny look into the lives of best friends and platonic soulmates.
Review: ‘The Retrieval’
Director Chris Eska is nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for this Civil War set, bounty hunter-budget film. The best part about Netflix’s selection of streamable movies is that it allows for obscure, micro-budget films to find an audience that would otherwise unknowingly opt for something more commercial. This Cinemacy Select, The Retrieval, is a prime example of this phenomenon. READ MORE...
Review: ‘White Shadow’, ‘Wrenched’, ‘Two Days, One Night (Deux Jours, Une Nuit)’
While Denver does not attract as massive of a crowd of industry folk, every film I saw had a full house of patrons, and there is interest here akin to the higher-profile festivals. I was able to catch the last 2 days of the 10-day festival but still managed to see a great cross-section of festival movies. While the Denver Film Festival does not attract as massive of a crowd of industry folk, every film I saw had a full house of patrons, and there is interest here akin to the higher-profile festivals. Here are my thoughts on each one, as well as a bit on when their planned release is. READ MORE...
Review: ‘Felt’
To deal with a sexually violent past, one woman gives in to her alter ego in this art house-meets-horror film.
Review: ‘Reality (Réalité)’
Quentin Dupieux's newest is another expectedly bizarre outing–and also his best stuff yet.
Review: ‘A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night’
Cinema's first ever Iranian Vampire Western brings artful and moody high-style horror to the town of Bad City.
Review: ‘Lost Songs: The Basement Tapes Continued’
T Bone Burnett assembles today's top folk-rock musicians to bring Bob Dylan's never-before released lyrics to new musical life.
Review: ‘Punch-Drunk Love’
There’s a common feeling when you start watching a movie on Netflix. As the movie begins, you’re still adjusting the position where you’re sitting, the volume, the brightness. It’s usually a little harder than a movie theater to dive right into a movie. In my own case, when I first watched Punch-Drunk Love on Netflix, I was still just getting into the movie when less than 5 minutes in, a random, chaotic event immediately sucks in your attention. The moment might feel like a gimmick, but from that point forward, you’re going to be engulfed in the movie. READ MORE...