For fans of the classic Hollywood era, Trumbo is a pleasant look back akin to watching home movies more so than reading a history book.
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Sundance Film Reviews: A Heaping Helping of WTF with ‘The Greasy Strangler,’ and ‘The Lure’
Not everything weird at Sundance is gold.
Read More »Sundance Film Reviews: Comedies Were Plentiful With ‘The Lobster,’ ‘Other People,’ ‘Hunt for the Wilderpeople,’ and ‘Operation Avalanche’
Comedies are always plentiful, and this year, so were the belly laughs.
Read More »Movie Review: ‘Forsaken’ – Kiefer and Donald Sutherland Co-star in Weighty Western
Forsaken stars Kiefer and Donald Sutherland as father and son in a new Western drama. That’s the hook, but there is way more to this western than anyone would expect, although the director, writer and impressive supporting cast should give you a hint that this is an exceptional film. The story, on the surface, seems deceptively simple and one any fan of westerns has seen a dozen times. The railroad is coming and a corrupt business man is using a bunch of thugs to force farmers to sell their land to him. But to leave the description there would be like saying High Noon was about a town’s law enforcement human resources problems.
Read More »Movie Review: ‘Requiem For The American Dream’ with Noam Chomsky
Are you "upwardly mobile," moving upward from one economic class into another? Or are you constantly facing financial uncertainty?
Read More »Movie Review: ‘Creed’ – This ‘Rocky’ Sequel Will Make You a Believer
Go see 'Creed' ; I guarantee it will make you a believer!
Read More »Movie Review: ‘Mustang’ directed by Deniz Gamze Erguven
Five sisters who share mirth, childhood games, and broken dreams are at the heart of 'Mustang'
Read More »25th Jewish Film Festival Review: ‘Tito’s Glasses’
Have your parents been truthful with you about their past?
Read More »25th NY Jewish Film Festival Review: ‘Carvalho’s Journey’ with Michael Stuhlbarg
Would you brave thirty degree below zero temperatures to manifest your destiny?
Read More »New York Jewish Film Festival Review: ‘Natasha’
When Mark is introduced to his cousin from Moscow, the daughter of his uncle's new wife, he is uninterested until Natasha sets the record straight.
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