Tim Jackson
The Drop‘s characterizations never go beyond hapless noir archetypes, but sharp dialogue, superb performances, and the unpredictable convolutions of the plot keep the viewer on edge.
Despite a few clichéd moments, Land Ho! is the satisfying product of the natural grace that Aaron Katz and Martha Stephens have developed as filmmakers.
Calvary offers a dark vision to be sure, but every character, for all his or her troubles and cynicism, has a deep need for love and recognition.
Despite Woody Allen’s recycling of old ideas and plot points, his actors give such strong characterizations that I tossed my skepticism aside and enjoyed the moonlit ride.
From the start of Get On Up, James Brown’s life is reduced to the plastic clichés of music biography.
This kind of faux-inspirational drivel has Hollywood privilege written all over it.
Film critic Roger Ebert was a complicated man and this documentary does a superb job of exploring his different sides, detailing the evolution of his personality over the decades.
Alive Inside, the winner for Best Documentary at the Festival, had the audience gasping and in tears.
Ida proffers a cinematic experience that is austere and mesmerizing.
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