VIFF11 REVIEW: Till det som är vackert [Pure] [2010]
“Courage is life’s only measure” What’s worse than giving sex to a married man for money? Giving it for love. It’s a tough distinction to delineate for a reformed twenty-year old prostitute whose only...
View ArticleTIFF12 REVIEW: Anna Karenina [2012]
“If you’re a good man you’ll forget everything” When TIFF director and CEO Piers Handling introduced the newest adaptation of Leo Tolstoy‘s Anna Karenina by saying director Joe Wright appropriately...
View ArticleREVIEW: Ex Machina [2015]
“The history of man? That’s the history of Gods.” Artificial intelligence isn’t new. It’s in video games, toys, software platforms—most computer systems we interact with daily possess it in some...
View ArticleREVIEW: The Man from U.N.C.L.E. [2015]
“Inside every Kraut is an American trying to get out” Writer/director Guy Ritchie is like that band all my friends dismiss because they think every song in their discography sounds the same to which I...
View ArticleREVIEW: The Danish Girl [2015]
“It’s what I dream. They’re Lili’s dreams.” It’s difficult to fathom what Lili Elbe went through in the 1920s—and not just living as a transgender woman at a time where there was no name for it, but...
View ArticlePicking Winners at the 88th Annual Academy Awards
For those handicapping at home, here are the guesses of Buffalo film fanatics Christopher Schobert, William Altreuter, and myself. Jared Mobarak: Here’s hoping Chris Rock does his best Ricky Gervais as...
View ArticleThe 88th Oscars recap through tweets …
The Oscars are today! You know, the awards show where Leonardo DiCaprio is "overdue" but black people can "wait till next year." — Bette Midler (@BetteMidler) February 28, 2016 Bette Midler‘s tweet...
View ArticleTop Ten Films of 2015: Where emotions run high
I have no problem saying 2015 was a great year for cinema. Putting together a Top Ten was difficult at every turn—both because each time I had to do so meant I had seen more films and as a result of my...
View ArticleREVIEW: Jason Bourne [2016]
“And I heard you got hacked” In the nine years since Matt Damon last played amnesiac black ops assassin Jason Bourne, (eleven movie years considering the character exclaims he’s been running for three...
View ArticleREVIEW: The Light Between Oceans [2016]
“There’s always something to fix” Writer/director Derek Cianfrance isn’t done with cinematic tapestries of emotion quite yet as The Light Between Oceans fits his still burgeoning oeuvre perfectly....
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