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...
by Daphne Street | Jan 10, 2017 | Theatrical Reviews
To begin a review of MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN I feel it’s important to say that I have not read the novel that this film is based upon by Ransom Riggs, so my review is not tainted with the literary imagery and lofty expectations that usually color a...
by Daphne Street | Jan 10, 2017 | Theatrical Reviews
Does THE ACCOUNTANT know what kind of film it wants to be when it grows up? It’s mostly an action movie, but it has these other plot-points roaming about trying to grab our attention, too. For one, there’s this anti-hero, Christian Wolff, with autism spectrum disorder...
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