A round up of films from the Park City at Midnight section of the 2015 Sundance Film Festival.
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Chris Kyle and ‘American Sniper’ – The Book, the Movie, and the Philosophy of War
The impression Chris Kyle gives in his book, of being a gun-obsessed, resilient, judgmental war professional, is quite different from his filmic counterpart.
Read More »Movie Review: J.C. Chandor’s ‘A Most Violent Year’ Starring Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain
Chandor's terrific new film "A Violent Year," is an absorbing character study that recalls the gritty Lumet and Coppola dramas of the 1970s.
Read More »Movie Review: ‘American Sniper’ Continues the Debate Regarding Art and Truth
Bradley Cooper is an actor playing a character in a fictional version of a true story. That is a qualifier in this and most films that are “based on a true story.”
Read More »New York Jewish Film Festival Movie Review: ‘The Dune’
In the film "The Sand Dune" Director Yossi Aviram tantalizes his viewers with just enough information and visual interest to create vitality in a work that completely engages from beginning to end.
Read More »Movie Review: Amos Gitai’s ‘Tsili’ at the New York Jewish Film Festival
In crafting a worthy adaptation of Aharon Appelfield's Tsili, Amos Gitai's attempts are appreciable in translating the novel's power and beauty.
Read More »Blu-ray 3D Review: Laika’s Oscar-Nominated ‘Boxtrolls’
Boxtrolls is the best animated feature you probably didn’t see last year.
Read More »24th New York Jewish Film Festival, NY Premiere, ‘Deli Man’: A Review
'Deli Man' currently enjoying its New York Premiere at the 24th New York Jewish Film Festival is an entertaining and humorous look at a tradition of foods and culture represented by the iconic Jewish Deli, a tradition that is fast fading from view unless stalwart deli men like David Ziggy Gruber of Kenny and Ziggy's in Houston, Texas and Jay Parker of Ben's Best in Queens, New York pass the deli torch on to the next generation of deli men.
Read More »Blu-ray Review: Joe Hill’s ‘Horns’ Starring Daniel Radcliffe
Audiences can finally judge 'Horns' for themselves with the film finally available on Blu-ray.
Read More »Movie Review: ‘Still Alice’ Starring Julianne Moore, 22nd Hamptons International Film Festival
Julianne Moore has won numerous awards for her exceptional and challenging performance as a linguistics professor who must face the brutal fact that she has Early Onset Alzheimer's.
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