Tag: Foreign Film Review
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...
