In The Humans, Tony-winning playwright Stephen Karam’s directorial debut based on his own distinguished stage production, there’s such a constant and engrossing sense of terror found in every discouraging frame that you’d be forgiven if you mistook it for being…
Movie Review: The Shape of Water
Director Guillermo del Toro builds his worlds from the ground up, imbuing his chosen universes with such distinct senses of self that we can’t help but buy immediately into the world he’s drawn. A man with a mind for the fantastical…
TIFF Movie Review: The Shape of Water
To read further TIFF 2017 coverage, go here. Director Guillermo del Toro builds his worlds from the ground up, imbuing his chosen universes with such distinct senses of self that we can’t help but buy immediately into the world he’s drawn. A…
Movie Review: The Hollars
It’s unsurprising that The Hollars came to audiences by way of Sundance as it’s exactly the kind of movie Sundance became famous for in the 1990s and early 2000s. A family dramedy with immature son(s) coming of age at the…
Movie Pick of the Week: The Visitor (2007)
Movies Watched This Week: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939), Howl (2010), Etoiles: Dancers of the Paris Opera Ballet (2001), Pirate Radio: The Boat that Rocked (2009), The Visitor (2007), A Late Quartet (2012). January has been the month of…
Shane’s Movie Review: Brad Pitt’s ‘Killing Them Softly’
Wow. Watching this profoundly suspenseful crime story was one uncomfortable experience, but in a good way. The acting in certain situations throughout make for one riveting motion picture experience reminiscent to the first time I saw Pulp Fiction. Killing Them…