Same Kind of Different as Me (2017)
Some audiences, especially some critics, don’t have an appetite for seeing goodness in film, preferring more dramatic conflicts between good and evil.
Screened Out
Professionals are questioning the ethics of how companies take advantage of users for profit, but little has been done to challenge this global scheme. This is a good start.
The Assistant
The fact that the offending Boss stays hidden is a powerful strategy adopted by Green that keeps offence and humiliation at the forefront of the film.
How to Build a Girl
Feldstein conveys both Johanna's sparkling enthusiasm and Dolly's steamroller rampaging with aplomb. But misguided morals blight the pleasure to be derived.
The Farewell
I’ve seen many films, but I’ve never cried and laughed at the exact same moment. Until now.
The Wretched
Brett and Drew T. Pierce blend nostalgic notes from 1980s adolescent-aimed comedies into their middling horror tale.
True History of the Kelly Gang
Virtue is nowhere to be found, only an endless cycle of oppression and the revenge it provokes.
The Flowers of St. Francis
This is not realism, neo or otherwise. But while neither Rossellini nor his screenwriter— Federico Fellini—were conventionally Catholic, both incorporated Catholic themes in their work
Lost Girls
You may already know the story, but this film makes the loss of so many young women so much more tragic.
Emma (2020)
Themes of kindness, forgiveness, generosity, and love abound to offset the selfishness of the rising British upper class.
Troop Zero
Here is captured the community nature of scouting as well as the excitement of NASA’s space program at that time.