Is is possible to reconcile the death of a child when their life has been taken by someone irresponsible, unthinking and callous? Or does one stalk down the individual responsible, confront them and make them pay?
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New York/Hamptons Film Festival Review: ‘Bridge of Spies,’ Starring Tom Hanks
During the Cold War Rudolf Abel was put on trial for spying. James B. Donovan was appointed to defend Abel. Though he was vilified for it, the attorney delivered American justice to a Soviet spy. Was justice truly served or would it be served a few years later when a U-2 spy plane was brought down inside the Soviet Union?
Read More »Hamptons International Film Festival Review: ‘Rams,’ Best Narrative Feature
Two brothers have not spoken to each other for decades though they live on the same compound a stone's throw away from each other. When a crisis impacts their livelihood, a crisis provoked by one of the brothers, the conflict between them escalates to violence.
Read More »Movie Review: ‘Room’ – Mothers, Children, and Abduction with Brie Larson, Joan Allen, and William H. Macy
'Room' will both scare you and make you cry. It is the best movie I’ve seen this year. It is two movies in one. The first movie is a tense thriller about an abducted teenager, locked in a 10 by 10 sound-proof garden shed as a sex slave for seven years. She finally has an idea of how to escape with her five year old child. The second movie is a psychological study of the effects of abduction, rape, and social and sensory deprivation on its direct and indirect victims. Both stories will grab you.
Read More »New York Film Festival Movie Review: ‘Steve Jobs,’ starring Michael Fassbender and Kate Winslet
Danny Boyle's brilliant "Steve Jobs is" presents a "Master of the Universe," but also a man conflicted and challenged by those closest to him.
Read More »53rd NYFF Review: ‘The Lobster’ starring Colin Farrell and Rachel Weisz
Imagine a world where you have 45 days to pair up and get married to someone or you will be turned into an animal.
Read More »53rd NYFF Review: ‘The Walk’ starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt
It's the 1970s. The Twin Towers are resurrected and Philippe Petit is planning to walk on a high-wire suspended between them. But there are complications. One of his accomplices may be a spy. Another thinks he is crazy. And will he be able to check his rigging in time?
Read More »New York Film Festival Review: ‘Ingrid Bergman in Her Own Words’
Stig Björkman offers a fresh and intriguing perspective of Ingrid Bergman in a new documentary, shown at the New York Film Festival.
Read More »Movie Review: ‘The Green Inferno’ – Eli Roth’s Tribute to 1970s-80s Italian Cannibal Horrors
Eli Roth, the father of torture porn, makes a tribute to the Italian cannibal vomitorium films from the '70s and '80s for those with a taste for the extreme.
Read More »Alamo City Film Festival Review: Selected Shorts
The inaugural Alamo City Film Festival brings a notable selection of international short films to San Antonio.
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