Asher Luberto
For Chilean director Sebastian Lelio, life is like a waltz. We switch from dance partner to dance partner striving for connection. And hell, if we don't find one, we might as well go down dancing. ...
Andrew OsborneAustin,
March is set to come in like a lion once more at the 31st running of the legendary Austin, TX pop culture lollapalooza known as SXSW. Founded in 1987 as a ...
Paula Farmer
What the Spanish family drama/suspense thriller “Everybody Knows” may lack in twists and intrigue, it makes up for in performances and appeal from the three principal actors, Penelope Cruz, Javier ...
Toba Singer
In the novel, “Smilla’s Sense of Snow,” we learn that Eskimos have more than one hundred words for what is wet, white, and falls from the sky in cold weather. The current-day Avant Garde ...
Asher Luberto
Two kids wrestle for the T.V. remote. A young boy wishes to watch his idol Dwayne Johnson, back when he had a surplus of hair and was the sans pareil ...
Asher Luberto
There's an adage that goes something like this: 'teamwork makes the dream work.' You've heard it before. It makes sense that it has become the unofficial motto for DreamWorks Animation, whose success is predicated on ...
Philip Huang
Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Shoplifters, which won the Palme d’Or at Cannes in 2018, spends much of its screen time inside a cramped Tokyo hovel where three generations of castoffs and grifters--headed by a matriarch known only as Grandma (the great ...
Andrew Osborne
I saw fewer films of higher quality in 2018, a pretty good year for diversity and imagination at the multiplex despite the repetitive CGI blur of far too many box office hits. ...
Toba Singer
The first thing to note about this film is its PG rating. Don’t let it fool you. It’s more badge of distinction than Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval. It pays homage to a specie of ...
Paula Farmer
With his new film, writer/director Adam Mckay has carved out a distinct and enviable style, and solidified A-list status for himself. Although “Vice,” starring Christian Bale as Dick Cheney, Amy Adams as Lynn Cheney and Steve Carrel as Donald Rumsfeld, ...
