“The mob doesn’t think. It has a mind of its own.” In 1933, some loud-mouthed man with a tiny mustache and a weird haircut rose to power in the country of Germany. His name, I believe, was Adolf Hitle...

It’s quite hard to believe that the writer/director of such a modest, coming-of-age tale like Songs My Brothers Taught Me is the same person who just delivered us Marvel ’s latest installment, Eternal...

Continuing his string of slow-burn, meditative science fiction films, director Denis Villeneuve ’s version of Dune has finally given the epic tale a much-deserved justice. Now…I am not here to drag Da...

“A fable from a true tragedy.” From the moment Spencer opens with these words, any preconceived notions that the audience has about sitting down for a conventional biopic is completely thrown out the...

In 1992, the first feature film made by a Scottish woman was released. That was Margaret Tait with Blue Black Permanent . Seven years later, Lynne Ramsay became the second with her own feature debut,...

The new comedy starring Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson called The Hustle is an almost identical remake of the 1988 classic comedy Dirty Rotten Scoundrels which starred Michael Caine and Steve Martin -...

“God will not punish those who tell the truth.” One story – three conflicting points of view – two possible outcomes. Though set in the end of the long-ago time of the late 14th century, director Ridl...

“That’s the one thing I’ve learned about clients. Dead ones don’t pay their bills.” Famed scientist and cheesemaker John Hay Forrest has died driving off of a cliff. It seems to be suicide, but the da...

Writer/director Julia Ducournau ’s sophomore feature film, Titane , is definitely one of the wildest and most shocking films that you will ever see…but in all of the best ways. You will squirm. You wi...

“Didn’t you ever need someone?” “All the time.” As director Neil Jordan would describe it, Mona Lisa revolves around the idea of (and I’m paraphrasing here) a man not understanding women. And while th...

It’s Spencer Tracey and Katherine Hepburn . Are you sold on it yet? No? Alright, let’s talk: When you think about Tracey-Hepburn films, Frank Capra ’s 1948 State of the Union is certainly not as rever...

Despite the film’s strong foundation and rather rich themes, Paul Schrader ’s newest project, The Card Counter , is unsuccessful in attempts to achieve a tense and mysterious tone, and ultimately ends...

“Things are not always what they seem in this place.” Upon its original theatrical release in 1986, Jim Henson ’s final directorial feature, Labyrinth , was not able to find its audience as it flopped...

With its mere concept, Edson Oda ’s feature film debut, Nine Days , certainly had the potential of falling victim to an avalanche of clichés that would only be further piled on with winces and eye rol...

“Is it wrong to want greatness for you?” David Lowrey ’s new visual marvel, The Green Knight , challenges the very notion of greatness and honor in this 21st-century retelling of the 14th-century poem...