Destiny, fate. To what extent are we responsible for our lives in how we respond to circumstance?
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New York Film Festival 2016: ‘Manchester by The Sea’ Directed by Kenneth Lonergan
'Manchester by the Sea' is a place of beauty and a place of suffering.
Read More »Blu-ray Review: ‘The Neon Demon’ – Nicolas Winding Refn Takes on the Horror of High Fashion
With "The Neon Demon", Nicholas Refn still can't manage to top 'Drive,' but it's not for lack of trying.
Read More »Blu-ray Review: Jacques Tourneur’s classic ‘Cat People’ Gets a 2K Makeover
Tourneur's classic "Cat People" gets the Criterion treatment with stunning results.
Read More »NYFF, Cannes Film Festival Winner Review: ‘Mia Madre’ Starring John Turturro, Margherita Buy
How do you bring together your personal life and career when you discover that your mother is dying?
Read More »Toronto and London Film Festival Movie Review: ‘The People vs. Fritz Bauer’
Who was really behind Nazi SS-Obersturmbannfuhhrer Adolph Eichmann's celebrated capture in Argentina which led to his eventual trial and execution in Israel?
Read More »Movie Review: The Award-Winning ‘Parched’ by Leena Yadav
Above all misogyny destroys the misogynist in the Award-Winning 'Parched' by Leena Yadav.
Read More »DVD Review: ‘Miracles From Heaven’
Seen as the spiritual successor to Heaven Is For Real, Miracles From Heaven was produced by DeVon Franklin, Joe Roth, and T.D. Jakes.
Read More »Music Review: Chris Hajian – ‘The Infiltrator’ (Original Motion Picture Score)
Composer Chris Hajian meets the challenge of creating an original, non-orchestral film score, though the short running time might leave some listeners yearning for more.
Read More »Anthem Film Festival: Slavery Is Alive and Well (And May Be Living Down Your Street)
Slavery has become more subtle and is not just something that happens far away in third world countries. 'The Return' takes us into the world of a Filipino house maid held captive for years by an upper class family in Orange County, California.
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