Posts Tagged ‘Cohen Media Group’
Film Review – Hitchcock/Truffaut
Film lovers are a varied bunch with the medium being a subjective experience that allows for every opinion to have its own perspective. And while it’s hard to find a movie to objectively agree on, it’s probably equally as hard to objectively disagree that one…
READ MOREFilm Review – Mustang (2015)
Mustang (2015) takes on the ignorance of old beliefs about women in a direct but not always engaging manner by showing the small-mindedness of small town life and an inherent bias toward women’s roles. Five sisters in a small town in Turkey get out of school…
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Watching The New Girlfriend (Une Nouvelle Amie) directed by François Ozon at a Seattle International Film Festival press screening was a reminder to me of how expectations about a film can skew the actual view experience. When I go see a movie, I only want…
READ MOREFilm Review – Timbuktu
Oscar-nominated Timbuktu is centered on the town of the same name in Mali. It does not focus on a particular story, but an event that turns the small, diverse community upside down. Islamic Jihadists have taken over the area, implementing their rules and their form…
READ MOREFilm Review – The Liberator
Sadly, I must admit that I do not know much about South American history. After watching The Liberator (2013), I don’t feel like I’ve learned that much more. Clearly, the history of the continent is rich with stories of oppression, revolution, violence and hope running…
READ MOREFilm Review – My Old Lady
Israel Horovitz’s My Old Lady (2014) plays a trick on its audience. Posters and advertisements would have us believe that this is another sweet, fluffy European comedy in the same vein as Quartet (2012) or this year’s The Hundred-Foot Journey. But Horovitz (who wrote and…
READ MOREFilm Review – May in the Summer
Most films that take place in the Middle East often serve to humanize the “other” to American audiences. Those weird Muslims and/or conservative Jews are not like us on the surface, but look, we’re all just the same underneath! This is kind of important considering…
READ MOREFilm Review – Last Passenger
There are usually two reasons why a movie might stick to just a couple of sets or locations instead of exploring the wide world. The first is when a film is based on a play, and the filmmaker doesn’t choose to open it up. Sometimes…
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