Sally Potter’s latest film explores friendship, love and family in 1960s London during the Cuban Missile Crisis through the eyes of two teenage girls. Elle Fanning and newcomer Alice Englert play inseparable friends, Ginger and Rosa. The two have done…
Gaby’s Movie Review: ‘Smuggled’
As someone who has been a supporter of U.S. immigration reform for many years, films like Smuggled have undoubtedly captured my attention. Movies have the power to take us out of our own little world and transport us into someone…
Gaby’s Movie Review: ‘Spring Breakers’
From that promo first look, Spring Breakers captured the attentions of everyone. In a culture where sex sells practically everything, it’s not surprising. We have four beautiful scantily clad young girls, looking like they’re ready for a wild Spring Break.…
Gaby’s Movie Review: ‘A Place at the Table’
When many people think of hunger, they get those images of emaciated people living in third world countries in their head. So when we hear about “hunger in America,” they try to place those kind of images here, and well,…
Gaby’s Movie Review: ‘Beautiful Creatures’
A few years ago, I picked up Beautiful Creatures, the first of YA series about castors in a small Southern town. What first attracted me to the book was the fact that it had a male perspective, which seemed like…
Gaby’s Movie Review: ‘Side Effects’
In the winter drought of good movies, I obviously don’t expect much. In fact, it’s this time of year that I visit the theater much less frequently. I don’t have the patience for bad movies. Yet, there are always one…
Gaby’s Movie Review: Gus Van Sant’s Promised Land
Matt Damon and director Gus Van Sant working together again? I was so looking forward to this movie. Good Will Hunting is one of my all-time favorite films, and while I didn’t expect Promised Land to be as good as…