Repression, Rebellion and Romance Among the Hassidim
How do you solve a problem like Meira? A young Hasidic Jewish mother living in Montreal, she is quietly be...
All Other Summer Films Are Left In The Dust.
DIRECTED BY GEORGE MILLER/2015
“That’s it. We’re done, aren’t we?”
Although it would be generally agreed that ap...
Singing Sequel Hits The Same Notes
DIRECTED BY ELIZABETH BANKS/2015
JIM TUDOR: The Bellas are back, for more comedy wrapped up in singing, or vice versa, depe...
Broad Comedy Has Never Been Broader
DIRECTED BY ANNE FLETCHER/2015
There are some who might find the new Reese Witherspoon/Sofía Vergara comedy Hot Pursuit to...
New Dolph Lundgren Actioner Trades On Head-Busting Ensemble
DIRECTED BY EKACHAI UEKRONGTHAM/2015 (U.S. release)
Thirty years in from the exploding heyday, Dol...
Kitsch Artist Biopic Is No Masterpiece
DIRECTED BY TIM BURTON/2014
You think you know a guy… For the whole of his directorial career, former animator Tim B...
The Latest Film Adaptation of a Thomas Hardy Novel
Director: THOMAS VINTERBERG/2015
Novelist Thomas Hardy took the title of his book Far From the Maddening ...
Is This a Train That Is Going Anywhere?
Director: JARRAD PAUL, ANDREW MOGEL/2015
The D-Train, the title of the new Jack Black film, serves as a double-meani...
Does It Rise As High As the Clouds It's Named For?
Director: OLIVIER ASSAYAS/2015
In The Clouds of Sils Maria, Juliette Binoche (Words and Pictures, Dan in ...