Reviews

The conception of sisterhood is authentically translated so convincingly in the Vancouver-set melodrama The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open. This stirring and insightful Canadian feature is a well-crafted and introspective…

In 1992, an independent director premiered his directorial debut at Sundance Film Festival. When his low-budget film received rave reviews at Cannes, the legend of Quentin Tarantino was born. His career is the focus of a long-awaited…

In the current age of the Me Too Movement and the on-going referendum for the respectable acknowledgment of female empowerment within the workplace of countless industries, director/co-writer Michal Aviad's Israeli sexual harassment drama…

There have been countless effective coming-of-age dramas that have shed some sentimental light on the rigors of teenage femininity and all its encompassing ties to angst and the overall passage of life in general. Writer-director Minhal…

In 2013, Disney released their 53rd animated feature, Frozen, which was their take on Hans Christian Andersen’s Snow Queen. The film became a huge hit, inspiring millions of girls to ‘let it go’ and earning more than $1.2 billion at the…

There is no doubt that actor Chadwick Boseman has the magic touch when it comes to chewing up the scenery on the big screen. Whether demonstrating such force in revealing biopics such as 42, Get On Up, and Marshall or appearing in…

Documentary filmmaker Maxine Trump is certainly one to champion the childless as she defends her personal stance (as well as others in agreement) regarding the notion of deciding to not raising children in To Kid or Not to Kid. The…

One can argue the virtues (or lack thereof) for the inexplicably revered American gossip rag The National Enquirer. Somehow it is unimaginable to assume that no shopper has ever stood in the grocery line and not noticed or ventured a…

Who says that firepower at the box office is only ignited when dynamic faces under age forty are solely featured? The onscreen pairing of radiant Oscar-winning actress Helen Mirren and the distinguished Ian McKellen will beg to differ as…

Shot at 96 frames per second, Aquarela is the latest documentary by Russian filmmaker Victor Kossakovsky that explores the power of water with footage ranging from melting glaciers to hurricanes. First of all, Aquarela is very basic.…