Andrew Patterson’s The Vast of Night begins inside a bit of a gimmick. Slowly maneuvering towards a television set located in the center of an impeccably decorated 50’s style living room, the film about to unfurl before us is introduced as … Continue reading Review: ‘The Vast of Night’
There’s a pivotal scene in Coky Giedroyc’s How To Build A Girl that asks the viewer to suspend disbelief when 16-year-old music critic Dolly Wilde sits down for her first real interview with a thriving British pop singer. She breathlessly … Continue reading Review: ‘How To Build A Girl’
In the moment, she doesn’t know what to do. But it’s only a moment, and then she steadies her nerves and takes immediate action. Rather than call for help, Leigh Tiller (Bethany Anne Lind) decides to clean up her own … Continue reading Review: ‘Blood on Her Name’ Reinvents the Noir Playbook
As The Shining showed us almost 40 years ago, nothing good ever comes from a deteriorating mind in an isolated, snow-bound place. In Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz’s new horror film The Lodge, substituting for Jack Nicholson’s crumbling facade into … Continue reading Review: ‘The Lodge,’ Long on Atmosphere, Short on Everything Else
Mackenzie Davis, Finn Wolfhard, Brooklynn Prince and Joely Richardson star in the mystery thriller, directed by Floria Sigismondi. A new governess arrives to care for two children who have been recently orphaned. Slowly and steadily, she learns that a frightening … Continue reading Review: ‘The Turning’ Gets Under the Skin
Robert Downey Jr., Antonio Banderas, and Michael Sheen star in the comic family adventure, directed by Stephen Gaghan. Created by Hugh Lofting in letters he sent home to his children during World War I, the good doctor memorably came to … Continue reading Review: ‘Dolittle,’ Robert Downey Jr. Starring Vehicle, Lives Up to Its Name
