my film journal

The less you know about Room going in, the better. There are intense performances and disturbing revelations that make for a unique view...

In Argentina, The Clan caused a sensation. People there still remember well the incredible true events depicted in the film of a seemi...

Dheepan is an unusual story that mixes the immigrant experience with rogue military guerrilla war elements within an urban gang turf...

Young, wild and free-spirited teen girls just want to enjoy life playing on the beach, going out with boys, cheering at soccer games an...

From visionary director Ridley Scott - Alien (1979), Blade Runner (1982), Gladiator (2000), and Prometheus (2012), comes the latest in t...

Sicario is a powerful well written and visceral depiction of the horrors and ambiguities of America’s war on drugs that harkens back to ...

With today’s headlines filled with stories of mass migrations of people from Syri a pouring into Europe, leaving their homelands to fle e...

T his Changes Everything is a powerful passionate new Canadian climate change documentary made by people who don’t like climate change d...

You will fall in love with The Second Mother , a charming honest and hilarious Brazilian drama. Regina Casé – from the award winning f...

American Ultra is a sweet tender puppy that becomes Cujo the raging killer dog. It’s The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013) meets Jaso...

Virtuoso director and actor Vittorio De Sica, who crafted such all-time Italian neorealist classics as Bicycle Thieves (1948) and ...

AMY , Asif Kapadia’s devastating new documentary about UK’s silky voiced, troubled jazz diva Amy Winehouse is a revealing eye opener and...

This is the review that tells you about a new film that doesn’t suck. In fact it’s exceptionally good, but where do I start? Do I tell yo...