Sally El Hosaini’s directorial debut, My Brother the Devil, is a touching and sensitive story of two Arab brothers in Hackney, London. During her …
LGBTQ
Sundance Review: Take Me to the River is creepy, unsettling, and a tad thin
Perhaps the most polarizing film at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, writer-director Matt Sobel’s Take Me To The River has left some critics grossed out and …
[Read more...] about Sundance Review: Take Me to the River is creepy, unsettling, and a tad thin
Sundance 2015 Review: Larry Kramer in Love and Anger captures both the man and the LGBT movement
Larry Kramer in Love and Anger is ostensibly a biography of author and LGBT activist Larry Kramer, who was driven by his anger, about the injustices in the …
The best non-film posts of 2014 at The Seventh Row
Although I mostly dedicated my time to reviewing films in 2014, I still dabbled in theatre, television, and music reviews — my other passions. Here's a look at …
[Read more...] about The best non-film posts of 2014 at The Seventh Row
The Imitation Game: cracking the Nazi code and the human one
There’s a crucial moment in The Imitation Game, the new biopic about Alan Turing (Benedict Cumberbatch) cracking the unbreakable German Enigma Code during World …
[Read more...] about The Imitation Game: cracking the Nazi code and the human one
Best of TIFF14: ‘The New Girlfriend’ is François Ozon in top form – whimsical, funny, thoughtful about gender and sexuality
After making his name with off-the-wall, usually black, French comedies like 8 Femmes and In The House, François Ozon has lately turned to particularly …