The Battle of Shangri-La – MANIFF 2021
A film from Brazil gets a World Premiere at MANIFF, and Marie heads out across the Brazilian countryside to trackContinue Reading
Tag: Family Drama
Blu-Ray Review: Kino Lorber’s The War (KL Studio Classics)
Jon Avnet’s underseen family drama The War makes its debut on Blu-Ray thanks to Kino Lorber. The Movie The War is a rarityContinue Reading
Out of the Blue – AFI Film Festival 2020
Long out of circulation, Dennis Hopper’s Out of the Blue, comes roaring back. Restored and ready to be rediscovered. Dennis Hopper as aContinue Reading
Uncle Frank – AFI Film Festival 2020
Alan Ball’s Uncle Frank is a family drama with a huge dollop of compassion and understanding. Anchored by great work by theContinue Reading
Wolfwalkers – AFI Film Festival 2020
Tomm Moore with co-director Ross Stewart completes his Irish Trilogy of Animated Folktales with the beautiful Wolfwalkers. Though Wolfwalkers tells a familiar taleContinue Reading
Blu-Ray Review: Kino Lorber’s Lorenzo’s Oil (KL Studio Classics)
Another beautiful gem of a film worthy of rediscovery. Kino Lorber’s KL Studio Classics brings us a wonderful Blu-Ray for theContinue Reading
Film Review: South Mountain (2020)
On a humid June afternoon in the Catskill Mountains, Lila realises that her family is quietly falling apart. Talia BalsamContinue Reading
The B-Movie Podcast: Color Out of Space
Adam & Scott venture into the fascinating, frightening, and brilliant mind of Richard Stanley and his return to Cinema; ColorContinue Reading
Film Review: Little Women (2019)
Adam looks at Greta Gerwig’s fantastic adaptation of the Classic Novel; Little Women. Greta Gerwig takes aim at updating a ClassicContinue Reading
Rocks – AFI Film Fest 2019 Review
Harrowing isn’t the word for what the title character Rocks experiences in this astute drama. Director Sarah Gavron gives usContinue Reading