Foreign
SXSW Film Review – Number 37
I’ve attempted to start my review of the South African crime drama Number 37 (2018) a few times now. And yet I found myself erasing my first paragraph and starting over repeatedly. What does it mean for a film when you come away not having…
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Blu-Ray Review – Law of the Border
Founded by filmmaker Martin Scorsese in 2007, the World Cinema Project’s goal is to find, restore and preserve films from around the world. To date the non-profit organization has restored over 750 films from around the globe. Working in coordination with the Criterion Collection, the…
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Blu-Ray Review – Limite
Founded by filmmaker Martin Scorsese in 2007, the World Cinema Project’s goal is to find, restore and preserve films from around the world. To date the non-profit organization has restored over 750 films from around the globe. Working in coordination with the Criterion Collection, the…
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Blu-Ray Review – Taipei Story
Founded by filmmaker Martin Scorsese in 2007, the World Cinema Project’s goal is to find, restore and preserve films from around the world. To date the non-profit organization has restored over 750 films from around the globe. Working in coordination with the Criterion Collection, the…
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Film Review – Blade of the Immortal
Blade of the Immortal is an action-packed samurai film that gives the thrill of battle and enough complexity in its characters and concepts to keep you invested in more than just the awesome sword battles! Jumping right in, samurai Manji (Takuya Kimura) is being hunted…
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Film Review – The Villainess
The Villainess plays with the action genre in some different ways with clever editing and good fights but it can’t quite deliver being more than just an above average revenge flick. It starts with a great epic fighting sequence shot like a first person shooter…
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Film Review – Okja
Okja (2017) is a peculiar film. Bong Joon-ho, writer/director of works such as Snowpiercer (2013), Mother (2009), and The Host (2006), once again brings his unique creativity to this project, but there seems to be something missing this time around. His story is sweet, lovely,…
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SIFF Double Feature – The Man and Infinity Baby
The Man: Directed by Charlotte Sieling, The Man tells the story of Simon Brahe (Søren Malling), a world-famous Danish painter with a solid career, a beautiful wife, a workshop full of assistants to bring his ideas to life, a much-younger lover Lai, and a son…
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