Film
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.
“We’ve let too many valuable creative people leave for Brooklyn, Austin, and Portland. We need to do something about that.”
Woman in Gold has novelty going for it — it is a film that depicts a woman’s passionate relationship to a piece of art.
At a mere 1 hour and 34 minutes, Chuck Workman’s documentary about Orson Welles is rushed and sometimes choppy, leaping through the filmmaker’s bountiful life.
When no-one was looking, Ian MacKaye and a group of young people like him created one of American alternative music’s most important and unique scenes.
The Zellner brothers’ excellent film is inspired by a Japanese urban legend of a young woman who came to America supposedly because of Fargo, and then committed suicide in the snows.

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