Courtesy of Berlinale Prepare to be disheartened, infuriated and heartbroken by Mexican documentary, Devil’s Freedom aka La Libertad del Diablo. A compelling five-year endeavor by director Everardo Gonzáles, the doc is a 74-minute confession of
Courtesy of Berlinale There is no doubt that the Brazilians have established themselves as some of the greatest creative minds in the world and therefore, it is no surprise that there was such a large
Take a modern day, edgy Thelma & Louise and combine with it a female Fight Club, and you have Jakob Lass’ latest German flick, Tiger Girl! A Berlinale panorama special, this film is a daring,
What I love most about international film festivals is the opportunity to discover rare gems and stimulating foreign indie flicks, which may otherwise get lost in the mainstream blockbuster shuffle. One of this year’s contenders
Courtesy of Berlinale Self-Criticism of a Bourgeois Dog is perhaps as twisted and funny as its clever title. The far-fetched comedic script tells a tale of how a bourgeois dog was transformed into a filmmaker,
Discreet is a psychological thriller about a mentally disturbed drifter, who in returning home to Texas to make amends with an alcoholic mother, is confronted with a haunted past. Desperate to deal with his demons,
While Mike Mills may not have been the most prolific filmmaker since adapting Walter Kirn’s Thumbsucker for his first feature in 2005, his ability to get great performances out of his casts is undeniable, especially
One of the nicer surprises of the year is Hidden Figures, the inspirational true story of three African-American women working at Langley as “computers†(i.e. mathematical experts) during the early ‘60s helped get the first
The new Star Wars movie isn’t the only space odyssey looking to bring you into movie theaters over the holidays, as the long-in-development Passengers will finally be released, partially thanks to Norwegian filmmaker Morten Tyldum
Certain sexual awakenings in the 1950s seem to be taboo to society. Set in the backdrop of the 1950s, INDIGNATION is a story of a butcher’s son who left the big city to attend a
