Review: ‘Flee’Animated Documentary Brilliantly Bends Genre In Telling A Refugee's Story
In his latest documentary, Danish filmmaker Jonas Poher Rasmussen keeps his subject’s identity anonymous. Despite this, Flee is easily one of the most personal...
Review: ‘India Sweets and Spices’Writer/Director Geeta Malik's Dramedy Has A Familiar Flavor
Coming home and attending family gatherings isn’t always easy. In India Sweets and Spices, college freshman Alia Kapur (Sophia Ali) comes home to a...
Review: ‘The Humans’Richard Jenkins Leads A Frighteningly Good Cast In This Family Horror Drama
*NOTE: This review was originally part of our Middleburg Film Festival coverage.*
Family is a nightmare in Stephen Karam’s directorial debut The Humans. Adapting his own one-act...
Review: ‘Encanto’Stephanie Beatriz's Vocal Performance Carries Disney's 60th Animated Feature
Like the 59 animated Disney films that came before it, Encanto isn’t just about a magical house and the family who lives there. Taking...
Review: ‘C’mon C’monNewcomer Woody Norman Shows Joaquin Phoenix His Inner Child With Mike Mills'...
*NOTE: This review was originally part of our Middleburg Film Festival coverage.*
The adult relationships one forms as a child are often the ones that...
Review: ‘Night Raiders’Taika Waititi-Produced Futuristic Fable Tells Of Past And Present Atrocities
In a time where children are taken from their parents by the government and schooled to forget their language and culture, Niska (Elle-Maija Tailfeathers)...
Review: ‘Heart Of Champions’Michael Shannon Can't Save This Rowing Drama From Sinking
It’s safe to say Michael Shannon was one of the best parts of Hulu’s Nine Perfect Strangers, which ended this fall. In his supporting...
Middleburg Review: ‘Huda’s Salon’Women Are At The Center Of The Palestinian Conflict In Director...
Within its first five minutes, Huda’s Salon takes a left turn. New mother Reem (Masa Abd Elhadi) thinks she is at her friend’s salon...
Middleburg Review: ‘Parallel Mothers’Penélope Cruz Leads Pedro Almodóvar's Disjointed 23rd Film
Renowned Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóva is deconstructing legacy and motherhood in his latest stylized melodrama Parallel Mothers. His seven-time collaborator Penélope Cruz and relative...
Middleburg Review: ‘C’mon C’mon’Newcomer Woody Norman Shows Joaquin Phoenix His Inner Child With Mike...
The adult relationships one forms as a child are often the ones that shape us. C’mon C’mon, the newest feature from 20th Century Women...