Family is at the center of Marco Bellocchio’s film, “The Traitor.” In the opening scene, a family is celebrating in front of the house while crime family leaders are meeting in the back. “The Traitor” chronicles Tomasso Buscetta’s, struggle to protect his family from the crime family he has become disillusioned with. A struggle that […]
In a different year, “Birds of Passage,” along with a myriad of other mildly interesting foreign film submissions would have been sure bets for the Oscar lineup. However, the bar for foreign films has been raised extraordinary high now thanks to Alfonso Cuaron’s “Roma.” Colombia’s submission to the 91st Academy Awards didn’t make the nominee roster,
Oscar winning writer and producer Ben Affleck’s fourth time behind the camera doesn’t produce anything new cinematically, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t a nice ride. As mob and gangster films go, Live By Night, adapted from a Denis Lehane novel, is pretty standard. It has a lot in common with graphic novel Road to
Tom Hardy (The Dark Knight Rises, Locke) is one of the most stunning, eager, and impressive actors in film today.