THE HISTORY OF SOUND (R) Dir. Oliver Hermanus Meticulously melding metaphor with music and mindful musings on momentous, meaningful moments in life, Hermanus’ film encapsulates something some might call love, but to others, is something that can only resonate in memory. Grade (4.6 / 5.0) A- Folk songs, no matter where they may be […]
September 12, 2025– Anthony Minghella’s “Cold Mountain” (2003) was a defining romance epic during my formative years studying film. An imperfect cinematic achievement to be sure, yet the Oscar-winning film captured fatalistic love on an intense level. In that film, Inman, the lead character, first notices the delicate Ada Monroe as she is playing a
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Comedian and former talk show host Jon Stewart’s sophomore film “Irresistible” is a far cry from his 2014 directorial debut, “Rosewater.” Both his script and direction lean more towards political satire (“Wag the Dog,” “The Campaign”), but more specifically the modern age of spin stories and media as seen in “Our Brand in Crisis.” Steve Carell
“Short and spicy”, “married or dead”, those were the parameters Louisa May Alcott was given on how to write women and end her stories in the 1850’s. Academy Award nominated director Greta Gerwig brings Alcott’s “Little Women” back to life 25 years after it’s last theatrical treatment that starred Winona Ryder and Susan Sarandon. Short
It is likely that I’m one of the few people who haven’t seen the documentary “Won’t You Be My Neighbor,” despite having watched “Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood” as a child. It would be incorrect to think the new feature film by Marielle Heller is centered around the beloved Mr. Rogers. It’s not. In fact “A Beautiful
Oscar winning writer and producer Ben Affleck’s fourth time behind the camera doesn’t produce anything new cinematically, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t a nice ride. As mob and gangster films go, Live By Night, adapted from a Denis Lehane novel, is pretty standard. It has a lot in common with graphic novel Road to
Oscar nominated director John Madden’s career has taken interesting twists and turns since Shakespeare in Love won best picture in 1999. He is unpredictable in the projects he chooses like The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel and his first time working with a relatively new Jessica Chastain in The Debt. Miss Sloane is a rare and
One of the most unusual films based on a true story, writer/director James Steven Sadwith turns his own experience of meeting famous author J.D. Salinger into a feature film. Sadwith typically works in television, but said at The Austin Film Festival, after years of retelling this story, was compelled to turn it into a motion
In just a few short years of bursting on the American film circuit, French-Canadian director Jean-Marc Vallee has delivered award worthy pictures with Wild and Dallas Buyers Club. There is something raw about his films that attract actors looking to step out of their comfort zone. Gyllenhaal (Nightcrawler, Southpaw) is an actor who chases roles
Films like August: Osage County just do not come around very often, and an ensemble of this caliber is even more rare. Based on his play with the same title and this script by Tracey Letts (Bug, Killer Joe), August: Osage County is a film that exists completely in an over-the-top world totally rooted in