Last July, as part of an ongoing monthly process of intentionally seeking out noteworthy films that have fallen between my own critical cracks, I watched Willia...
Misdiagnosed Dark Comedy Triggers Gag Reflex
DIRECTED BY GEOFF MOORE, DAVID POSAMENTIER/2014
For such an obviously small and grass-rootsy kinda dark comedy,...
Bring A Vomit Bag.
DIRECTED BY DAVID GROVIC/2014
Every once in a while, a movie is able to do a lot with just a little bit. Able to accomplish the impossibl...
The 2011 Documentary Pastiche Address Civil Rights Then and Now.
DIRECTED BY GÖRAN HUGO OLSSON/2011
Black Power Mixtape does not succumb. It is a documentar...
The Orient Depress
DIRECTED BY YUAN ZHANG/MANDARIN/2013 (USA release)
The success of China’s economy has been well documented. Whenever one country can buy ...
Well-Meaning WWII Book Adaptation Reads as Maudlin
DIRECTED BY BRIAN PERCIVAL/2013
Not that the rise of the Nazi party lends itself to much moral ambiguity,...
A Look at a Sequel 14 Years in the Making
Director: MALCOLM D. LEE/2013
The Best Man was an ensemble film that came out in 1999. It featured Taye Diggs as ...
Noteworthy Three Hour French Drama Pushes Buttons
DIRECTED BY ABDELLATIF KECHICHE/FRENCH/2013
Now this is French…! At least, it’s what many may think of wh...
Does This Film "Step Up" and "Bring it On"? A Look at the Latest "Dance Competition" Film.
Director: BENSON LEE/2013
Benson Lee, director of Planet B-Boy, t...
A Modern Classic and Installment of the Trilogy that Defines Love for a Generation
DIRECTED BY RICHARD LINKLATER/2013
There’s a scene in Before Midni...
