by Miguel Cima | Feb 19, 2017 | Theatrical Reviews, Uncategorized
Director Waheed Alqawasmi delivers an engaging short documentary portrait of the struggles Holocaust survivors endured when they moved to Memphis, TN after being liberated from Nazi concentration camps. Starting over in a whole new country with nothing, these tales of...
by Miguel Cima | Feb 17, 2017 | Theatrical Reviews
It’s hard to write about this film. It’s left me heartbroken and forlorn, not for my losses, but for a ghostly visit to a past phase in my life, when the whole world was ahead of me and yet I was sure only tragedy could come of adulthood. I miss that person so much,...
by Miguel Cima | Jan 31, 2017 | Reviews, Theatrical Reviews
For generations, audiences and filmmakers have been trained to ask but one question of a movie: “What happens next?” It’s the culture of demanding a narrative-driven piece, whose every move is expected to surge the story forward. This unfortunate insistence, more...
by Miguel Cima | Jan 30, 2017 | Reviews, Theatrical Reviews
If you’re one to enjoy a good Rom-Com, but get sick of the almost invariable dumbed-down nature of such works, Beat Beat Heart is just your ticket. The very talented German director Luise Brinkman delivers a delightful, lighthearted film about love and longing that is...
by Miguel Cima | Jan 20, 2017 | Theatrical Reviews
In an era of throw-everything-at-the-wall-and-see-what-sticks cinema, denoted by dizzying camera work, haphazard quick-edits, and a visual cacophony of theme park madness meets video game ADD theater, finding such a brilliantly quiet, considered and targeted film as...
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