Posts Tagged ‘Roadside Attractions’
Film Review – Manchester by the Sea
A common sentiment regarding grief is it can express itself in any number of ways. One might commendably mold it into a creative outlet or venture while another might self-medicate, lash out, or lash out in a self-medicated haze. Lee Chandler, the focal point of…
READ MORESIFF Film Review – Southside With You
I kind of hate it when movies are about real people because you can never really get rid of the baggage that comes with a recognizable name. No fictional movie is 100% factual (no matter what the filmmakers want to you believe) because things inevitably…
READ MORESIFF Interview – Richard Tanne – Southside With You
Spencer interviews director Richard Tanne from the biographical drama Southside With You at SIFF 2016.
READ MOREFilm Review – Our Kind of Traitor
The score setting off Our Kind of Traitor creates a sense of unease as we see a beautifully dressed teenage girl enjoying a ballet concert in juxtaposition with her father signing some papers in a fancy board room full of well dressed but dangerous looking…
READ MORESIFF Film Review – Love & Friendship
While a lot of people love Jane Austen books and the movies based on them, many dismiss her work because there is romance involved. I don’t think romantic love is a trivial subject considering how much time we spend looking for it in our lives…
READ MOREFilm Review – Touched With Fire
Writer/director Paul Dalio’s Touched With Fire (2015) attempts to cover a lot of issues, but by doing so doesn’t say much about any of them. Is it a tale about manic depression? Is it a love story between two similar characters? Is it about the…
READ MOREFilm Review – Miss You Already
The best friend dramedy. It is has been done many times, yet the female population and their hormones have a need to make girl dates to see them along with any and all romantic comedies. Some are just not done well and end up being…
READ MOREFilm Review – Mr. Holmes
“The man beyond the myth.” So asserts the promising, nonsensical tagline of Mr. Holmes, starring Ian McKellen as Sherlock in his twilight years. A more humane approach to the world’s most famous detective sounds fresh, but Sherlock Holmes is so popular in part because he is…
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