We’re so used to seeing Millennials jumping in and out of each other’s beds – from “Gossip Girl” to “Friends with Benefits” – that it’s easy to start to think these experiences leave no mark. Abdellatif Kechiche’s greatest achievement in his new film “Blue is the Warmest Color” is to remind us of just how […]
Film Reviews
Here you will find every film review we've written. These include: festival films, new releases, and older films.
Review: In Kill Your Darlings, toxic friendships brought the Beatniks together
As a young Allen Ginsberg in John Krokidas’ directorial debut, Kill Your Darlings, Daniel Radcliffe breaks free of his Harry Potter origins.
The Hollow Crown: ‘Henry IV Part 1’: Fathers and sons reign in Richard Eyre’s terrific film
Adaptor-Director Richard Eyre has condensed Henry IV Part 1 and 2 into a gripping four hours of TV without losing any of the nuances.
The Hollow Crown: “Richard II” is a great beginning to a near perfect screen adaptation of Shakespeare’s Henriad tetralogy
Ben Whishaw gives an unparalleled performance as Richard II in the first episode of the Hollow Crown, directed by Rupert Goold. Read our review of Rupert Goold’s Richard III on stage, and our interview with Goold on directing film vs. theatre. You can also read our reviews of the next installments: Henry IV Part 1, […]
TIFF 2013 Review: The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him and Her tells both subjective sides of the dissolution of a relationship
The modern relationship movie has more and more become an attempt to acknowledge that any relationship story has two subjective sides, which must be told. In Hans Canosa’s Conversations with Other Women, the film finds objectivity through a split screen that ensures a camera is on both its characters at all times: it’s a different […]