Embodying Coming of Age: An Interview with Jessie Barr on Sophie Jones
By Yun-hua Chen. I think we are always coming of age." Sophie Jones is a sincere piece of coming-of age
By Yun-hua Chen. I think we are always coming of age." Sophie Jones is a sincere piece of coming-of age
By Matthew Sorrento. Finding the right locations was even more important than usual on this film, because the city life
By Alexandra Heller-Nicholas. Rose Williams shines as Val in an increasingly physically demanding performance that results in a powerful viewing experience, both in terms of the film’s gender politics and
A Book Review by Thomas Puhr. The book’s overarching focus on the sometimes problematic intersections of art and global commerce in an increasingly transnational cinematic landscape. Is it even possible
By Jeremy Carr. Pakula adopts an accordingly striking compositional tension throughout the picture, isolating portions of the frame and dwarfing individuals in an abstract expanse, suggesting both a voyeuristic perspective
By Gary M. Kramer. Funny Face may require some work on the viewer’s part to put the pieces together, but for those willing to make the effort, Sutton’s striking drama
By Elias Savada. Over-the-top action (and) ludicrous to the max, yet if you expel all your notions of common sense, there's a chance you might enjoy it." A couple of
By Johnnie Hobbs III. A subtle indie thriller...chock-full of slow-burning tension and wonderful performances." When do secrets and control masked as love become acts of sheer violence? The subtly eerie
By Elias Savada. Suburban, hum-drum life turns into a darkly orchestrated example of a revenge...." As Ilya Naishuller's Nobody takes its first steps, Hutch Mansell is one glum family man,
By Elias Savada. No, this isn't The Big Short, and Margot Robbie is nowhere in sight, but I wonder what the financial world might think of this film." Is it
By Alexandra Heller-Nicholas. Rose Williams shines as Val in an increasingly physically demanding performance that results in a powerful viewing experience, both in terms of the film’s gender politics and as a banger of a horror film.” In early 1974, the Tory government in Britain under the control of Prime […]
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By Yun-hua Chen. I think we are always coming of age.” Sophie Jones is a sincere piece of coming-of age stemming from grief experiences of the director Jessie Barr and her cousin Jessica Barr, who plays the eponymous heroine. The film portrays a 16-year-old girl who suffers from the loss […]
By Jeremy Carr. Pakula adopts an accordingly striking compositional tension throughout the picture, isolating portions of the frame and dwarfing individuals in an abstract expanse, suggesting both a voyeuristic perspective and an unnerving environmental apprehension.” It might be hard to imagine now, but there was a time when being a […]
By Matthew Sorrento. Finding the right locations was even more important than usual on this film, because the city life within each location would have to tell the story as much as would the dialogue.” Roger Spottiswoode has had a journeyman’s career. After editing for Sam Peckinpah and others, Spottiswoode […]
By Gary M. Kramer. Funny Face may require some work on the viewer’s part to put the pieces together, but for those willing to make the effort, Sutton’s striking drama is ultimately rewarding.” Tim Sutton makes ambitious, hypnotic cinema. His latest effort, Funny Face is another brilliantly shot mood piece […]
By Elias Savada. Over-the-top action (and) ludicrous to the max, yet if you expel all your notions of common sense, there’s a chance you might enjoy it.” A couple of senior citizens – longtime movie icons, too – walk into a big city bar and start a fight. One is […]
By Gary M. Kramer. As a consumer, advertising is intrusive. As an industry, we want to do better. This film and its participants are hopefully an example of that.” makeSHIFT is Casey Suchan and Tim Cawley’s nifty, zippy documentary about how the advertising industry has adapted to technological advances and […]
By Alex Ramon. I had to invent a style of my own mostly because I am both a director and an illustrator but not an animator…. this is what drew me to think out of the box, becoming aware of both my limits and my strengths.” The recipient of the […]