Tag: New Releases
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Fjord Review: Cristian Mungiu Turns a Family Dispute Into a Moral Rorschach Test
In *Fjord*, Palme d’Or-winning filmmaker Cristian Mungiu turns a family’s child-rearing dispute into a provocative examination of faith, parental authority, and institutional bias. Starring Sebastian Stan and Renate Reinsve, this restrained, unsettling drama challenges audiences to question their own moral assumptions, asking where child protection ends and prejudice begins.
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“You Can See Everything” Review: Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim Turn the Camera on Elizabeth Holmes (and on Us)
In You Can See Everything, Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim turn the world of Elizabeth Holmes into a surreal maze of deception, performance, and manipulation. As Holmes prepares to serve her prison sentence, the documentary blurs the boundaries between truth and fiction, raising unsettling questions about power, authorship, and our own desire to believe that…
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Buddy Review: Inside Casper Kelly’s Bloody Takedown of ’90s Kids’ TV
Casper Kelly’s feature debut, Buddy, uses the sugary aesthetic of ’90s kids’ TV — think Barney & Friends by way of analog horror — to tell a much darker story about what happens to children on sets run by people who hold all the power. Behind the felt puppets and primary colors is a pointed,…
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Omaha Review: John Magaro Delivers a Career-Best Performance in Cole Webley’s Quietly Devastating Feature Debut
Director Cole Webley’s feature debut, Omaha, follows a widowed father (John Magaro) and his two young children on a cross-country road trip set against the backdrop of the 2008 financial crisis and housing collapse — a premise as quietly devastating as it is urgently relevant. Anchored by career-best work from Magaro and a revelation of…
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Survival and Spirit: A Look at I’m Still Here, One of Them Days, and Presence
I’m Still Here Directed by: Walter Salles Starring: Fernanda Torres Acclimation is a pivotal lesson in life. We adapt to circumstances, much like Fernanda Torres does in I’m Still Here, a film by Walter Salles. The story narrows its focus to a family whose father, Ruebens Paiva (Selton Mello), is politically involved. His abduction by the dictatorship…