Reviews of upcoming films with one-night-only screenings, commercial theatrical runs, or recently released on home video.
Reviews: Limited Runs Wetlands (David Wnendt, Germany, 2013, 109 min) Sundance Cinemas starting Friday, October 10» Wetlands is not for the squeamish. A good test is the opening scene, where our 18-year old protagonist […]
Review: Limited Run Bang Bang! (Siddharth Anand, India, 2014, 154 min) Now Playing at AMC Star 18 Fitchburg and Marcus Eastgate Edit 10/10/14: Bang Bang! will play a second week at AMC Star Fitchburg […]
Alive Inside (Michael Rossato-Bennett, USA, 2014, 78 min) Sundance Cinemas through Oct 2» No one would fault you for being emotionally overwhelmed by Alive Inside within its first two minutes. I certainly was, and quite […]
Review: One Night Only We Are the Best! (Lukas Moodysson, Sweden, 2013, 102 min) MMoCA Spotlight Cinema, 227 State Street, Wednesday, October 1, 7:00pm» I admire Lukas Moodysson’s new film We Are the Best! for what […]
Review: One Night Only Stray Dog (Debra Granik, USA, 2014, 98 min) Screening and Q & A with Debra Granik and Ron Hall, UW Cinematheque, 4070 Vilas Hall, Sunday September 28, 7:00 pm» “I […]
Reviews: Now Playing Tusk (Kevin Smith, USA, 2014, 102 min) Now Playing at Multiple Venues (link to Flixter)» I’ll begin at the end credits, which in turn takes us back to the beginning of the […]
As you probably know the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival wrapped up a few days ago, and you can find the list of winning films at many film websites. I’ve been keeping my eye on […]
The Brink’s Job (William Friedkin, USA, 1978, 104 min) UW Cinematheque, 4070 Vilas Hall, Friday, September 19, 7pm» I once did a heist movie marathon: 101 heist movies in 101 days. One of the things […]
Review: One Night Only Black Box (Stephen Cone, USA, 2013, 84 min) Micro-Wave Cinema Series, Sunday, September 14, 4070 Vilas Hall, 7:00pm» I certainly could have been more prompt in getting this review out, rather than […]
Alec Guinness Centennial Series at the UW Cinematheque Opening night comedy double feature reviewed by Jake Smith and James Kreul After the opening night premiere of Kelly Reichardt’s Night Moves (reviewed here), the UW Cinematheque begins […]
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