Crossing follows a retired schoolteacher who enlists the help of a young 20-something to find her trans niece who disappeared years ago. Continue reading Found family drama Crossing is one of the year’s best | movie review
Amidst the First World War, The Girl with the Needle follows a young Danish woman forced to make difficult decisions when she discovers she's pregnant unaware of the dark secrets that lurk. The Girl with the Needle is a bleak, dread-filled film that blends psychological horror with real horror, highlighted by disturbing imagery and an…
After a homophobic attack, a gay man sets out for revenge on his assailant when he discovers he is closeted in Femme Continue reading Queer revenge thriller Femme slays | review
Director James Gray analyzes his own family in his autobiographical drama Armageddon Time, set during his childhood in a pre-Reagan New York City Continue reading ‘Armageddon Time’ reckons with a pre-Reagan childhood | movie review
Tilda Swinton plays an academic who frees a Djinn (Idris Elba) from centuries-long imprisonment and is granted three wishes in Three Thousand Years of Longing. Continue reading ‘Three Thousand Years of Longing’ needed another wish | Cannes movie review
Hirokazu Kore-eda follows a group of misfits that form a would-be family as they trek across Korea to sell a recently “abandoned” baby in Broker Continue reading ‘Broker’ is a misfit family road trip | Cannes movie review
Refreshingly realistic, superbly acted, and top-notch direction, Spotlight proves to be one of the best movies of the year Powered by JustWatch About thirty minutes into Spotlight, Boston Globe reporters Sacha Pfeiffer (Rachel McAdams) and Michael Rezendes (Mark Ruffalo) speak to two of the victims of abuse at the hand of Catholic priests belonging to…
How to Have Sex follows a trio of friends on a drunken debauched island holiday that leads to trouble Continue reading ‘How to Have Sex’ is the best movie of the year | movie review
Spanning decades, Past Lives follows childhood crushes Na Young and Hae Sung who reconnect at various points in life Continue reading ‘Past Lives’ and an uncertain future | review and analysis
Aftersun follows the childhood memory of a girl on vacation with her father to the Turkish coast. But where there’s sun there is also shadow. Continue reading ‘Aftersun’ is a masterpiece of memory | review and analysis