Ron Wilkinson Spirits in restrooms, blood from the walls and a hand cranked camera add up to something, but we are not sure what. Film archivist David (Rupert Evans) smells a rat. Maybe it is that his wife Alice (Hannah Hoekstra) seems distracted by her business associate Alex (Carl Shaaban) and seems to be pulling away from
Enter the real life world of spy craft and believe the truth is stranger than fiction Almost a year and a half after filmmaker Laura Poitras’ and journalist Glenn Greenwald first met with whistleblower Edward Snowden his name has become a household word. Snowden contacted Poitras and asked her to be a part of that
Down and dirty revenge flick with a cast of guns that rivals the actors Directors David Leitch and Chad Stahelski team up with screenwriter Derek Kolstad to produce a roller coaster of mayhem starring Keanu Reeves as semi-retired hit man John Wick. Trying to do the right thing, Wick is traumatized into bloody action when
Home movies juxtaposed with horrific Nazi footage paints the picture of the sleeping monster in us all. Vanessa Lapa’s (co-written with Ori Weisbrod) riveting documentary reveling the life of SS-leader Heinrich Himmler is, if nothing else, a remarkable collection of archival footage. Although some (most?) of this footage has been seen before, it is edited
Lacking in originality and nearly devoid of sunlight, this elegant psychological study is nine parts caution for every one part closure. Directed and written by Mathieu Amalric (co-written by leading lady Stéphanie Cléau), “The Blue Room” is superficially a cautionary tale about marital infidelity and, on a deeper level, a psychological study in promises made,
The lavish war epic comes back to life is this swashbuckling tale of treachery and charisma. Venezuelan actor Édgar Ramírez stars in Alberto Arvelo’s lavish production of the life, victories and eventual end of the revolutionary hero Simón Bolívar. Reminiscent of the stereotypical Roman and Viking war flicks, Arvelo skillfully ups the ante with high
A scary and stirring reporting of the reality of life on the Mexican / US border. Rodrigo Reyes simmering treatise on the human condition in the worst of all worlds starts from the beginning. Children laugh and play, full of good intentions and dreams of the future. But something happens to them when they grow.
Piracy on the high seas up close and personal Writer/director Cutter Hodierne took home the Dramatic Directing Award at the 2014 Sundance Festival with this gutsy inside look at desperation, despair and deliverance. Inevitably, comparisons will be made to Paul Greengrass’ 2013 “Captain Phillips” box office bonanza. In some ways this film is even better
A great cast gives it their all but are sampled one time too many by Ari Folman’s sci-fi monster. Screened at the 40th Seattle International Film Festival, Ari Folman’s follow-up to his Oscar nominated “Waltz with Bashir” is an engaging live action-animation hybrid that runs a hard race but fails to make the big score.
A real life spy thriller proving the truth is stranger than fiction. It is unusual, but not unheard of, for a young Palestinian to be recruited by Israel’s Shin Bet intelligence machine to provide inside information on Hamas. So there is little amazing in the 2010 ABC News story that Mosab Hassan Yousef , “The