The Latest Reviews

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  STORIES WE TELL

  Family Secrets

  May 13, 2013 by Tom Hall

  What is so thrilling about Stories We Tell is not that the film ineffably expresses its themes, but rather how it directly confronts them. Read more

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  POST TENEBRAS LUX

  May 6, 2013 by Tom Hall

  Carlos Reygadas’ Post Tenebras Lux is a landscape of possibility, vibrantly alert to the tensions of class, family and desire, pulsating with life. Read more

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  LET THE FIRE BURN

  Sifting Through The Past

  May 3, 2013 by Susanna Locascio

  Through its tragic tale of an historical event, Let The Fire Burn ignites an important conversation about race relations in America, but also about the legitimate use of power, especially by the state against what it... Read more

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  KISS OF THE DAMNED

  A Vampire Film For Adults

  by Michael Ryan

  To some, it may seem strange that the daughter of the figurehead of American Independent Cinema would chose a horror genre as her first fiction feature and yet, in this current climate, where most indie films would... Read more

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  SUNLIGHT JR.

  Down in Florida

  May 2, 2013 by Susanna Locascio

  While I appreciated her film's craft, ultimately this was far less important to me than Laurie Collyer’s willingness to frame a question of reproductive rights in such a realistic way. Read more

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  MISTAKEN FOR STRANGERS

  Kid Brother

  May 1, 2013 by Jesse Klein

  Tom Berninger’s self-effacing, filter-less approach enable him as filmmaker and subject to go beyond a tepid tour documentary and to look at what it’s like to live in the shadow of a brother’s fame, of what... Read more