Dheepan (2016)
“The three of us have a secret.” The two most perplexing and telling shots in Dheepan hone in on an elephant, the camera fixed while the giant slowly moves in and out of […]
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Therapy for a Vampire (2016)
“I’m not good at self-reflection.” Punny quotes like the one above comprise just about all of Therapy for a Vampire’s attempts at comedy. Outside of a few decent sight gags the film […]
Victoria (2015)
“Show me what you’ve got.” 134 minutes in length. One continuous shot. Three attempts to get it right. Traveling through the clubs and streets and rooftops of Berlin, zooming around […]
Force Majeure (2014)
“He got so scared that he ran away from the table.” Force Majeure is a family film, just not in the conventional sense. It’s not for families to hunker down with […]
Bird People (2014)
“How does it go in fairy tales?” In the Western world, among other geographic locations, quitting is considered an indecisive and thoughtless act of cowardice. You decided to do this, […]
The 10 Best Christmas Movies You Haven’t Seen
It gets harder every Christmas season to turn on the TV and find something new to watch. To discover a movie you haven’t seen or even heard of. You’re bound to […]
Ida (2014)
“God is everywhere, I know.” Let me be upfront; Ida is one of the best movies released this year, and I’m confident it will stay that way once 2014 comes […]
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