A mere 13 minutes would have changed the world forever, and one of the greatest atrocities in history could have been avoided. In German director Oliver Hirschbiegel’s (Downfall, Das Experiment) newest film, the WWII-centered thriller 13 Minutes (Elser), he tells the true story of how one man, working alone, tried to change the world in […]
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‘The Wolfpack’ Is A Coming-Of-Age Tale For The Film Geek In All Of Us
When filmmaker Crystal Moselle first met the Angulo brothers in 2010, they were six wide-eyed teenagers running loose on the streets of the East Village in New York City. It was literally one of the first times they had ever been outside of their family’s apartment. Sensing a bigger story, and appealing to the brothers’ […]
Robert Carlyle Delivers Dark Comedy Gold With ‘The Legend Of Barney Thomson’
Barney Thomson is an unassuming Glasgow, Scotland, barber. That is, until a pair of scissors finds its way into the chest of his employer, and Barney is mildly to blame. So begets the story of how Barney Thomson became a legend in his small corner of a big city. As a barber who was on […]
‘Dope’ Reads Like A Love-Letter To 90s Hip-Hop Movies
It’s easy to see why Dope made such a splash at the Sundance Film Festival this year; it’s a great independent film.
Sophie Barthes’ ‘Madame Bovary’ Is A Bland Creation Of Unsettling Misery
The classic novel “Madame Bovary” by Gustave Flaubert has been adapted for the stage and screen on numerous occasions, the latest for the screen being director Sophie Barthes’ with screenwriter Felipe Marino. Madame Bovary is the story of a young woman who marries a country doctor only to discover the life she has been given […]