There is going to be a lot of talk about “Hereditary,” which is the type of film that exists to disturb, bother, and create conversation. First-time feature filmmaker Ari Aster floored audiences when “Hereditary” debuted at Sundance earlier this year. It’s not simply that his film is frightening or distressing; it’s the quality of his writing, […]
Fractured would have been a better title. In fact, in Paris this film is called Back Home, due to the recent terror attacks. Louder than Bombs is the first English language film from Danish writer/director Joachim Trier and I do hope he makes more. It’s rare to have a film about a family, in this
In many ways The 33 is a more powerful true story than IMAX seat gripper Everest. If the humanity and emotion gets somewhat lost in Baltasar Kormákur brilliant technical filmmaking on Everest, director Patricia Riggen understands that getting to know the 33 trapped Chilean miners is the entire story here.