Review: Marc Abraham’s ‘I Saw the Light’, Starring Tom Hiddleston and Elizabeth Olsen
Please note that this is a repost of my review from the 2015 Middleburg Film Festival. Before making “I Saw the Light,” it would have been hard to imagine Tom…
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DCIFF Review: Benjamin Meyer’s ‘Fools’, Starring Mary Cross and Michael Szeles
In a world enveloped in constant connections via social media, it’s become even harder to make meaningful connections with people in the physical world. “Fools” explores the connection between two…
DCIFF Review: ‘Let’s Rap’, Starring Rachel Wilson, Brendan Gall, and Randal Edwards
Most people believe that drama is much, much harder to do than comedy. But the reality is that it’s really hard to make people laugh. So when it comes naturally,…
Middleburg Review: Meg Ryan’s Directorial Debut, ‘Ithaca’
In a world that’s seemingly filled with war and never ending death, 14-year-old Homer Macauley (Alex Neustaedter) is trying to understand the world, his place in it, and why war…
Middleburg Review: Catherine Hardwicke’s ‘Miss You Already’, Starring Drew Barrymore and Toni Collette
It’s become something of a testament to terminal disease-themed movies that they’ve drawn in crowds the last couple of years. From The Fault in Our Stars to Catherine Hardwicke’s latest film, Miss…
Review: Ramin Bahrani’s ’99 Homes’, Starring Andrew Garfield and Michael Shannon
Note: This is a reprint of my review from the 2015 Sundance Film Festival. When the recession hit, the majority of the population really felt the housing and real estate plummet.…
Middleburg Film Festival to Screen ‘Carol’ and ‘I Saw the Light’
In the two years since its inception, the Middleburg Film Fest has flourished, becoming itself a center for highly anticipated and buzzed about films, like 2013’s Nebraska and last year’s The…
Review: Sophie Deraspe’s ‘A Gay Girl in Damascus: The Amina Profile’, with Sandra Bagaria
Note: This is a reprint of my review from the Sundance Film Festival. A Gay Girl in Damascus: The Amina Profile is available digitally through SundanceNow Doc Club as well as theatrically on…
AFI Docs Review: ‘CODE: Debugging the Gender Gap’ Explores The Inequality of Women in the World of Computer Science
“Women have always been an active part of the past, but not an active part of history.” This quote is one of the truest spoken in Robin Hauser Reynolds’s documentary…
AFI Docs Review: ‘City of Gold’ is a Combination of Critic Jonathan Gold’s Love of Food and L.A.
What makes us human? Well, according to Pulitzer prize winning film critic and writer Jonathan Gold, one of the reasons is the fact that we cook and truly experience our…