by Miguel Cima | May 1, 2017 | Theatrical Reviews
Most boys go through “let’s play with weapons” stage. It’s usually in those years from 13-17 when all the masculine gender roles need to be checked off the box so that your friends and you can convince yourself of how cool you are. But what happens if something goes...
by Miguel Cima | Apr 25, 2017 | Theatrical Reviews
There’s a line early on in this serial killer biopic, something along the lines of “we eat our mistakes.” It really sets the tone perfectly for this film based on childhood remembrances of Jeffery Dahmer. Adapted from a graphic memoir by renowned comics creator John...
by Miguel Cima | Apr 24, 2017 | Theatrical Reviews
“I’m the shadow behind the paintings.” – Richard Hambleton Any serious culture hound is familiar with New York’s East Village art scene in the 1980’s. Buoyed by established figures like Andy Warhol, unforgettable painters like Jean-Michael Basquiat and Keith Haring...
by Miguel Cima | Apr 17, 2017 | Theatrical Reviews
Few things hurt the same way as being really good at something, and not being able to get a job doing it. Julia Solomonoff’s Nobody’s Watching is a funny and sad film about a fish-out-of-water Argentine TV actor trying to make it in the big time of New...
by Miguel Cima | Apr 17, 2017 | Theatrical Reviews
Welcome to a little boy’s nightmare, courtesy of the cold and cruel world of adulthood’s many sins. Son of Sofia is the powerful sophomore effort from Greek filmmaker Elina Psykou. Using transitions between a harsh, stern reality and the deeply dark realm of an abused...
by Miguel Cima | Apr 12, 2017 | Theatrical Reviews
Sick of linear narrative movies starring huge Hollywood stars? Well, here’s Cate Blanchett (yes, that Cate Blanchett) as the only star of an ambitious avant garde experimental feature film that works as a mosaic and doubles as a video installation. And it’s really,...
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