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‘Little Women’: Greta Gerwig Crafts A Beautifully Enchanting & Heartrending New Version Of A Classic [Review]

November 25, 2019 12:30 pm

Louisa May Alcott changed how we and women hear their voices. Beginning in 1868, she released a semi-autobiographical work set during the Civil War focusing upon four sisters that would deservingly become an in...

‘Richard Jewell’ Is Clint Eastwood’s Best Film In Over A Decade [AFI Review]

Robert Daniels

November 21, 2019 10:12 am

Features, News, Reviews

A celebration became tragic on July 27th during the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. That day, with a concert in progress in Centennial Park, a security officer discovered a suspicious backpack and alerted authorities...

‘Queen & Slim’ Is A Shot Heard Round The World [AFI Review]

Robert Daniels

November 15, 2019 9:56 am

Features, Festivals, News, Reviews

Tamir Rice. Trayvon Martin. Eric Garner. Not merely names, they’re heart-wrenching symbols of the seeming unimportance of Black lives in America. Their fates: a standing fear for Black men and women, summon gre...

‘Dirt Music’: Garrett Hedlund & Kelly Macdonald’s Love Affair Is Ruined By A Cheesy, Outlandish Plot [TIFF Review]

Robert Daniels

September 10, 2019 10:05 am

Festivals, News, Reviews

Set on the stunning coast of Western Australia, arrives Gregor Jordan’s adaption of Tim Winton’s acclaimed novel “Dirt Music.” A romance and mystery, the film follows Georgie (Kelly Macdonald) and Lu’s (Garrett...

‘Ema’: Pablo Larraín Creates An Erotic, Suspenseful Character Study [TIFF Review]

Robert Daniels

September 10, 2019 9:33 am

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Night; crackling embers fall from a traffic sign set ablaze. A blonde woman with a blow torch stands admiring her work as the fire’s red glow envelops the screen. She’s the eponymous villainous heroine who open...

Despite a strained and scattered narrative, Rosamund Pike brings intelligence and sensuality to Marjane Satrapi’s ‘Radioactive.’

‘Radioactive’: Rosamund Pike May Be Great, But Marjane Satrapi’s ‘Radioactive’ Is Biopic 101 [TIFF Review]

Robert Daniels

September 7, 2019 4:23 pm

Festivals, News, Reviews

The earth was once flat, the sun revolved around us, and polonium and radium were unknown. In time, there were combustions—ripples across space that devastated longstanding establishments. Marie Curie ignited t...

‘The Personal History Of David Copperfield’: Dev Patel Leads Armando Iannucci’s Disappointing Dickens Adaptation [TIFF Review]

Robert Daniels

September 6, 2019 10:12 am

Festivals, News, Reviews

Director Armando Iannucci—known for his biting political satires— approaches his newest film "The Personal History of David Copperfield" by employing colorblind casting in an earnest yet meandering reworking of...

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