Tag: Foreign Film Review
Welcome to the Punch | Review
Knockout Loss: Creevy’s Sophomore Effort Easy and Breezy
After crafting his 2008 Riz Ahmed starring debut Shifty from personal experiences, director Eran Creevy turns to...
Renoir | Review
The Talent Family: Bourdos Abandons Genre for Elegant Biographical Period Piece
A summer signifying the encroaching end of one artist and the birth of another...
Mental | Review
Mixed Nuts: Hogan’s Latest a Welcome Return to Roots
After almost two decades knocking around the studio system after the success of his 1994 hit...
New World | Review
Operation Rehash: Hoon-jung’s Sophomore Film Glossy Entertainment
Director Park Hoon-jung, perhaps best known for his screenplays for a pair of 2010 titles like The Unjust,...
My Brother the Devil | Review
Better the Devil You Know: Hosaini’s Debut a Vibrant Urban Street Drama
Sally El Hosaini’s directorial debut, My Brother the Devil, takes the overly familiar...
Hunky Dory | Review
Satisfactory Endeavor: Evans’ Latest Enjoyable Fluff
Welsh director Marc Evans explores 1970’s rural Wales with his latest film, Hunky Dory, following his 2010 film Patagonia....
Starbuck | Review
Light Roast: Scott’s Sophomore Success a Breezy Crowd Pleaser
Canadian filmmaker Ken Scott managed to make a funny and heartfelt crowd pleaser with his 2011...
Criterion Collection: Ministry of Fear | Blu-ray Review
Fritz Lang aficionados can rejoice this month with Criterion’s release of his 1944 title, Ministry of Fear, the first time it sees a DVD...
Beyond the Hills | Review
Stalemate: Mungiu follows up Palme d'Or Winner with Intense Religious Stand-off
Five years have passed since Romanian director Cristian Mungiu's critically acclaimed 4 Months, 3...
From Up On Poppy Hill | Review
Kids On A Bike: Goro's Seaside Sophomore Effort Floats
Being the son of animation’s unequivocal living master who’s body of work ranks among the greatest...
Upside Down | Review
Down and Out: Solanas’ Latest Lost in its Own Concept
For his latest film Upside Down, a French Canadian production from director Juan Diego Solanas,...
The Silence | Review
History of Violence: Odar’s Debut a Sweaty, Slow Burn
Swiss director Baran Bo Odar adapts Jan Costin Wagner’s novel The Silence for his film debut,...
In Fear | Review
Fear Me Not: Lovering Terrorizes Our Time, Not Our Senses in Feature Debut
After working quite regularly in television since the mid 90s, British director...
The Sweeney | Review
You’re Nicked: Love’s Latest a Resurrection of Classic Franchise
After a successful classic UK series and two appreciated film versions from the late 70s, director...
The Condemned | Review
Sins of the Past: Buso-Garcia’s Sophomore Feature a Familiar Exercise
Returning with his first feature since his 1999 debut Paging Emma, Puerto Rican writer-director Roberto...
Inescapable | Review
Inexorable Void: Nada’s Latest an Ineffectively Staged Political Thriller
Following a quietly effective 2009 romantic drama, Cairo Time, which featured a touching and gently handled...
The Berlin File | Review
Cold War Kids: Seung-wan’s Latest a Sprawlingly Plotted Encounter with Communism
For his first non-Korean set film, top notch action director Ryoo Seung-wan’s latest film,...
As Luck Would Have It | Review
The Spark of Life: Iglesia’s Latest a Soap Opera Soap Box
Following on the heels of his successful 2010 award winner The Last Circus,...
Heleno | Review
Fantasy Fútbol Turned Nightmare: Santoro Brings Bravura
As we all know, the brightest stars often burn out far faster than your average Joe, especially when...
[REC] 3: Genesis | Review
Beginning of the End: Third Installment in Spanish Horror Series Morphs Into Banal Comedy
Every successful franchise eventually runs into a final chapter that miserably...
2012 LAFF: The Banishment | Review
Retrieved from Exile: Zvyagintsev’s Dismissed Sophomore Effort a Neglected Masterpiece
Newly minted Russian auteur Andrei Zvyagintsev’s second feature, 2007’s maligned The Banishment, has been resurrected...
Elena | Review
A Touch of Class: Zvyagintsev’s latest slow burn reaches a masterful boil.
Over the past decade, one of the most celebrated new filmmakers to come...
The ABCs of Death | Review
Sing ‘em With Me: Ambitious Horror Anthology Overreaches Itself
Nearly every anthology film ever made suffers from the same predicament in that there are usually...
