Film
À la Vie, screening as part of the 18th Annual Jewish Film Festival, is easily the best film I have seen so far this year.
Not everybody loves the documentary Last Days in Vietnam. Director Rory Kennedy responds to some of the criticism.
Both of these entries in Jewishfilm 2015 have their entertaining moments, but the movies ultimately fail to deliver.
Lambert & Stamp will resonate with musicians who have experienced the volatile give-and-take that is needed to sustain and nurture a rock and roll band.
I’ve served on several dozen film juries about the globe in the last three decades. I can’t recall ever having a choice of so many splendid films from which to award a grand prize.
Slow West bursts with visual interest, but doesn’t seem to be able to settle on what story it wants to tell.
The comedy-tinged-with-drama touches on themes tackled by a bunch of recent indie movies that center on characters in their thirties and forties who feel like imposters in the world of adults.
H. relies on clever editing manipulations and pithy reaction shots rather than on flashy special effects.
True Story relies far too heavily on answering the formulaic question ‘Did he do it?’
Two powerful documentaries that explore the dark side of America, past and present.
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