Category Archives: Reviews, previews, profiles and movie news

There’ve been so many bank-hostage thrillers that it’s pretty much a thriller genre all its own. And as such, it’s very hard to make one that stands out from the crowd. The phrase “as you’ve never seen him before” was … Continue reading →

A German language drama about incest? Fall is here. Sept. 20, from the aptly-named Altered Innocence distributor.

Men in wide sombreros and long-sleeved shirts that fend off cuts from the sharp leaves harvest agave plants in the opening scene of “Dos Estaciones” (Two Stations), an intimate drama about a family business and hopes beyond it facing the … Continue reading →

The title of Simon Napier-Bell’s warm, incisive “George Michael: Portrait of an Artist” documentary is somewhat limiting. The film captures the rise of a pop icon and taps into his creative process and place within pop culture. But it also … Continue reading →

A little slice-of-the-long-war in Ukraine satire from Film Movement, “Donbass” has a title everyone recognizes as a region the Russians covet and have been destabilizing and invading since 2014, calling it a “civil war” as they send “separatists” in to … Continue reading →

“Wolves of War” is a straight-up WWII B-movie, leaning towards C. A semi-sensible “secret mission” thriller, it sends a bunch of British paratroopers — accompanied by a young scientist (Jackson Bews) — in search of a researcher who’s been living … Continue reading →

This looks cute, in a bending the Church rules, swiping from the Catholic Church sort of way. Sept. 23?

Here’s a little Brit bauble that got by me, and you and most everybody else when it popped out briefly back in 2012. “The Hot Potato” was “inspired by a” true story about a stolen lump of uranium and all … Continue reading →

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