Category: Film Reviews

In the Bedroom Rating Director Todd Field Screenplay Rob Festinger, Todd Field (Story: Andre Dubus) Length 2h 11m Starring Tom Wilkinson, Sissy Spacek, Nick Stahl, Marisa Tomei, William Mapother, William Wise, Celia Weston, Karen Allen, Frank T. Wells, W. Clapham Murray, Justin Ashforth MPAA Rating R Review Taking time to find the right project with…

Four Lions Rating Director Chris Morris Screenplay Chris Morris, Sam Bain, Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell Length 1h 37m Starring Riz Ahmed, Arsher Ali, Nigel Lindsay, Kayvan Novak, Adeel Akhtar, Julia Davis, Craig Parkinson, Preeya Kalidas, Wasim Zakir, Mohammad Aqil, Karl Seth MPAA Rating R Review How does one make a comedy about terrorism? Either mock…

Weapons Rating Director Zach Cregger Screenplay Zach Cregger Length 2h 08m Starring Josh Brolin, Julia Garner, Alden Ehrenreich, Austin Abrams, Cary Christopher, Toby Huss, Benedict Wong, Amy Madigan, Sara Paxton, Justin Long, June Diane Raphael, Whitmer Thomas, Callie Schuttera, Luke Speakman, Clayton Farris, Scarlett Sher MPAA Rating R Original Preview Click Here Review Is Weapons…

Frankenstein Rating Director Guillermo del Toro Screenplay Guillermo del Toro Length 2h 29m Starring Oscar Isaac, Jacob Elordi, Christoph Waltz, Mia Goth, Felix Kammerer, Charles Dance, David Bradley, Lars Mikkelsen, Christian Convery, Nikolaj Lie Kaas MPAA Rating R Original Preview Click Here Review One of the most frequently adapted and referenced novels of the modern…

Little Amélie or the Character of Rain Rating Director Mailys Vallade Screenplay Liane-Cho Han, Aude Py, Mailys Vallade, Eddine Noël Length 1h 17m Starring Loïse Charpentier, Emmylou Homs, Victoria Grosbois, Yumi Fujimori, Cathy Cerdà, Marc Arnaud, Laetitia Coryn, Haylee Issembourg, Isaac Schmousky, François Raison MPAA Rating PG Original Preview Click Here Review Finding the beauty…

Arco Rating Director Ugo Bienvenu Screenplay Ugo Bienvenu, Félix de Givry Length 1h 28m Starring English: Roma Fay, Juliano Krue Valdi, Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Will Ferrell, Andy Samberg, Flea, Jake Gyllenhaal, America Ferrera, Mark Ruffalo, Natalie Portman; French: Margot Ringard Oldra, Oscar Tresanini, Nathanaël Perrot, Alma Jodorowsky, Swann Arlaud, Vincent Macaigne, Louis Garrel, William…

KPop Demon Hunters Rating Director Chris Appelhans, Maggie Kang Screenplay Danya Jimenez, Hannah McMechan, Maggie Kang, Chris Appelhans Length 1h 35m Starring Arden Cho, May Hong, Ji-young Yoo, Ahn Hyo-seop, Yunjin Kim, Ken Jeong, Lee Byung-hun, Daniel Dae Kim MPAA Rating PG Review Korean cinema began invading US in the last couple of decades while…

Bugonia Rating Director Yorgos Lanthimos Screenplay Will Tracy Length 1h 58m Starring Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Aidan Delbis, Stavros Halkias, Alicia Silverstone MPAA Rating R Original Preview Click Here Review Can a film be bonkers without having a theme to support it? Bugonia gives the idea a try. Emma Stone stars as Michelle Fuller, a…

Sinners Rating Director Ryan Coogler Screenplay Ryan Coogler Length 2h 17m Starring Michael B. Jordan, Hailee Steinfeld, Miles Caton, Jack O’Connell, Wunmi Mosaku, Jayme Lawson, Omar Benson Miller, Delroy Lindo, Peter Dreimanis, Lola Kirke, Li Jun Li, Saul Williams, Yao, David Maldonado, Helena Hu, Andrene Ward-Hammond, Nathaniel Arcand, Emonie Ellison MPAA Rating R Original Preview…

One Battle After Another Rating Director Paul Thomas Anderson Screenplay Paul Thomas Anderson Length 2h 41m Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Benicio Del Toro, Regina Hall, Teyana Taylor, Chase Infiniti, Wood Harris, Alana Haim, Paul Grimstad, Shayna McHayle, Tony Goldwyn, John Hoogenakker, Starletta DuPois, Eric Schweig, D.W. Moffett, Kevin Tighe, Jim Downey, James Raterman, Dijon…

Sentimental Value Rating Director Joachim Trier Screenplay Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier Length 2h 13m Starring Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgård, Ings Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Elle Fanning, Anders Danielsen Lie, Jesper Christensen, Lena Endre, Cory Michael Smith, Catherine Cohen MPAA Rating R Original Preview Click Here Review Complex family relationships built on years of distrust and recriminations characterize…

Butterfly (Short Film) Rating Director Florence Miailhe Screenplay Marie Desplechin, Florence Miailhe Length 15m Starring Fayçal Safi, Jessica Jaouiche MPAA Rating Not Rated Review We’ll kick off the animated program reviews with the film that seems more like a strong contender to win the prize based on its subject matter alone even if it’s not…

Butcher’s Stain (Short Film) Rating Director Meyer Levinson-Blount Screenplay Meyer Levinson-Blount Length 26m Starring Omar Sameer, Meyer Levinson-Blount, Rona Toledano, Dror Marko, Sara Raed, Eilon Cohen, Hadi Salama MPAA Rating Not Rated Review Working to support his son, Samir (Omar Sameer) is employed as a butcher at a supermarket in Tel Aviv, Israel. Well liked…

All the Empty Rooms (Short Film) Rating Director Joshua Seftel Screenplay n/a Length 34m Starring n/a MPAA Rating Not Rated Review Although the program organizes these in a different order, I’ll be tackling them alphabetically, not in order of presentation or preference. All the Empty Rooms follows news correspondent Steve Hartman, whose claims to fame…

Hamnet Rating Director Chloé Zhao Screenplay Chloé Zhao, Maggie O’Farrell Length 2h 05m Starring Jessie Buckley, Paul Mescal, Joe Alwyn, Emily Watson, Jacobi Jupe, David Wilmot, Olivia Lynes, Bodhi Rae Breathnach, Freya Hannan-Mills, Dainton Anderson, Elliot Baxter, Noah Jupe, El Simons, Louisa Harland, Jack Shalloo, Sam Woolf, Hera Gibson MPAA Rating PG-13 Original Preview Click…