Film
Trumbo is content to be a potted history lesson rather than a thought-provoking work of art.
Laurie Anderson’s abstract drawings, 8mm documentary, found footage, and scratched-on celluloid are combined in a frequently mesmerizing way.
As with so many Frederick Wiseman films, we get color, character, sociology – and cinema.
Avoiding overly melodramatic images, The 33 is a true horror story on screen, one that we can identify with in the deep, fearful recesses of our collective subconscious.
Two films in the Boston Jewish Film Festival: one sticks to the commonplace, the other looks at the bizarre.
Brooklyn‘s script neatly consolidates the novel’s trials and tribulations without becoming too saccharine.
Alice Rohrwacher’s film, which won the Grand Prix at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, is a rarity — it is genuinely magical.
What keeps the film churning? Not much. A bit of withheld information.
The history lesson embedded in Bulgarian Rhapsody is subtle yet also packs a wallop.
Dough contains plenty of tasty charm and passion.
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