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Based on Anthony Quinn’s novel “Curtain Call,” director Anand Tucker’s “The Critic” fully embraces the darker aspects of the story. This tale of deception and murder in pre-World War II London makes for an engaging story, but the film... Read the full review »

I lean towards the colder side of lukewarm on “100 Yards,” a classic Kung Fu movie co-directed by brothers Haofeng and Junfeng Xu. The martial arts choreography is proficient but uninspired, and no amount of stylish filmmaking can overcome the... Read the full review »

WHAT I LIKED: Kelly Fremon Craig's 'Are You There God, It's Me Margaret,' is a lovely coming of age movie about a girl (Abby Ryder Fortson) moving to New Jersey and contending with the anxieties of periods, boobs and choosing between her mother's... Read the full review »

The first half of writer / director Rodrigo Moreno‘s “The Delinquents” is executed so well that I have a tendency to overlook the dreadfully dull second half, which in all fairness almost completely balances out the ridiculously bloated (and... Read the full review »

The feeling that flooded over me when the end credits of “Mother, Couch” rolled was one of agitation and sheer annoyance. I felt like writer/director Niclas Larsson strung me along for two hours, only to leave me unfulfilled with a story that... Read the full review »

If “Violent Night” and “Krampus” are holiday traditions at your house, you’re going to want to add director Magnus Martens‘ “There’s Something in the Barn” to your annual screening calendar. This playful, silly thriller about evi... Read the full review »

In April 2016, Tunisian mother of four Olfa Hamrouni publicized the radicalization of her two teenager daughters, Rahma and Ghofrane. The two young women fled their home at ages 15 and 16 to fight alongside the Islamic State in Libya, leaving Olfa... Read the full review »

There is never a limit to learning, and director Roger Ross Williams’ documentary “Stamped from the Beginning” taught me a considerable number of things that the American educational system did not. This eye-opening, academically-minded film... Read the full review »

Films like “Biosphere” are some of the most difficult to review, mainly because of the purposeful vagueness and care it takes to avoid revealing anything that could be considered a spoiler. There is a whopper of a twist in this offbeat and cre... Read the full review »

Some films seem destined to encourage debate, and “American Fiction” is going to result in a lot of it. This is the type of project that is challenging and confrontational, yet will also appeal to a broad, diverse crowd. I’m torn on it overa... Read the full review »

Overblown, overly ambitious, self-indulgent, and intolerably dull, director Ridley Scott‘s historical epic “Napoleon” is a total misfire. His biopic of one of the world’s most notorious figures is less of a grand scale spectacle and more o... Read the full review »

WHAT I LIKED: Joanna Hogg's 'The Souvenir,' slowly paints the portrait of a young film student called Julie (Honor Swinton Byrne) being manipulated and abused by a smarmy toff called Anthony (Tom Burke). The painting is slow because the script is... Read the full review »

So Gabby had me thoroughly introduced to “Journey To Bethlehem”, a musical take on the Nativity story where Mary and Joseph’s 75-mile journey from Nazareth to Bethlehem is recounted; one of the most important biblical stories and stories in... Read the full review »