Cinepocalypse… Cinepocalypse 2018: Part One 24 Jun 201825 Sep 2019 The Ranger Director/co-writer Jenn Wexler pits a pack of post-adolescent punk rockers (led by Chloe Levine) against a deranged park ranger (Jeremy Holm, who's recently done turns on House of Cards…
Movie Reviews The Death of Stalin 18 Mar 201811 Sep 2019 The 1953 stroke that ended the life of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin left the country without a leader. There was an obvious (if not official) successor in Deputy Chairman Georgy…
Movie Reviews I Am Not a Serial Killer 1 Jan 201722 Nov 2017 Ireland/United Kingdom. Directed by Billy O'Brien, 2016. Starring Max Records, Laura Fraser, Christopher Lloyd, Karl Geary, Dee Noah, Christina Baldwin, Raymond Brandstrom, Lucy Lawton, Anna Sundberg. 104 minutes. We've all…
Movie Reviews Roger Waters: The Wall 22 Nov 201622 Nov 2017 United Kingdom. Directed by Roger Waters and Sean Evans, 2014. 132 minutes. Roger Waters, the famously megalomaniacal former bassist, songwriter, and creative generalissimo behind Pink Floyd, spent the early 2010s touring the world…
Chicago International Film Festival… Chicago International Film Festival 2016: Part Two 27 Oct 201622 Nov 2017 As promised, here are my capsule reviews of the two films I saw during the second half of CIFF 2016: Prevenge, a particularly dark horror-comedy written and directed by Alice…
Movie Reviews Under the Shadow 12 Oct 201622 Nov 2017 United Kingdom/Jordan/Qatar. Directed by Babak Anvari, 2016. Starring Narges Rashidi, Avin Manshadi, Bobby Naderi, Ray Haratian, Arash Marandi. 84 minutes. Life in Tehran, the capital of Iran, was dangerous in…
Movie Reviews Estranged 4 Mar 201612 Nov 2017 United Kingdom. Directed by Adam Levins, 2015. Starring Amy Manson, James Cosmo, James Lance. 101 minutes. 5/10 Dysfunctional family relationships often prove fertile ground for psychological thrillers, with first-time director Adam…
Movie Reviews… Retro Review: The Man Who Fell to Earth 20 Jan 201612 Nov 2017 United Kingdom. Directed by Nicolas Roeg, 1976. Starring David Bowie, Rip Torn, Candy Clark, Buck Henry, Bernie Casey. 139 minutes. 7/10 David Bowie scored his first hit single in 1969: "Space…
Movie Reviews Macbeth 15 Dec 201512 Nov 2017 United Kingdom/France/United States. Directed by Justin Kurzel, 2015. Starring Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard, Paddy Considine, Sean Harris, Jack Reynor, Elizabeth Debicki, David Thewlis. 113 minutes. 7/10 It's a classic story, one many…
Movie Reviews Legend 7 Dec 201512 Nov 2017 United Kingdom/France. Directed by Brian Helgeland, 2015. Starring Tom Hardy, Emily Browning, David Thewlis, Christopher Eccleston, Chazz Palminteri. 131 minutes. 7/10 So once upon a time there were these twin brothers who…
