The Latest Reviews

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  OUT OF THE BLUE

  Childhood Rope Swings

  June 6, 2011 by Michael Tully

  While it’s admittedly silly to bitch about the “glory days” and whine about how they “don’t make ‘em like they used to,” in the case of Out of the Blue, they really don’t. Read more

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  TREE OF LIFE, THE (Michael Tully)

  May 30, 2011 by Michael Tully

  The Tree of Life is, at its core, a sorrowful diary entry, a pained letter of reconciliation from a deeply grieving sibling to his lost brother. Read more

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  TREE OF LIFE, THE (Michael Nordine)

  Fathers and Sons

  May 26, 2011 by Michael Nordine

  The Tree of Life is a kaleidoscopic assortment of thoughts, voices, images, and feelings ranging from dinner table quibbling to cosmic tranquility. Read more

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  ADVENTURE, THE

  An American Comedy Gets Lost Inside a European Art Film

  May 23, 2011 by Michael Tully

  Mike Brune’s debut as a writer/director combines a Haneke-esque tension with a dose of off-kilter humor to produce The Adventure, a work that can be most effectively (albeit awkwardly) described as an existentialist... Read more

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  2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY

  May 20, 2011 by Michael Nordine

  2001 is a film built on questions whose profundity lies mostly in their simplicity: what makes us human, and how might we become something else? Read more

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  MONKEY WARFARE and LESLIE, MY NAME IS EVIL

  A Reg Harkema Primer

  May 19, 2011 by Jason Klorfein

  Both Monkey Warfare and Leslie, My Name is Evil stand aside recent films about the failures of a not-too long ago radicalism. Read more