PusherBy Dustin Jansick To start out I should state that I have not seen the original cult classic that Pusher is remade from. Therefore, I am not able to answer the age-old...
SinisterBy Blake Ginithan The new horror film Sinister over anything else, asks the serious question of how much supernatural scary shit would one would put up with before relocating their family to...
Sound of My VoiceBy Dustin Jansick Sound of My Voice an intelligent slow burning indie drama that somehow fell off many people’s radar despite a relatively warm reception at Sundance. The logical answer would be...
Funny GamesBy Dustin Jansick Michael Haneke’s Funny Games is a shot by shot and line by line remake of his own 1997 film of the same title only with a different cast and...
Bad EducationBy Dustin Jansick Back in 2005 the talented Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar made a film called Bad Education, which contains a film within a film and a story within a story based...
Sleepwalk with MeBy Dustin Jansick Sleepwalk With Me is an indie comedy that is based on writer-director Mike Birbiglia’s one-man standup show. Similarities can be instantly drawn to Woody Allen (in his Annie Hall...
In MontaukBy Dustin Jansick Despite the relatively short runtime of just over an hour, In Montauk is able to capture complex relationship problems that life sometimes hands us. Written and directed by Kim...
Red LightsBy C.J. Prince The opening of Red Lights immediately sets it apart from the usual crop of horror films and thrillers that get dumped out into multiplexes almost every week. Margaret Matheson...
Comes a Bright DayBy Dustin Jansick British filmmaker Simon Aboud makes his full length debut as a director and writer of the indie film Comes a Bright Day. The film is a bizarre blend of...
FrancineBy Dustin Jansick With Academy Award winning Melissa Leo as the lead, Francine is a day in the life of a middle-aged woman who is struggling to make the adjustment from a...
MotorwayBy Blake Ginithan Motorway by Pou-Soi Cheang is ferocious. Full of more testosterone than all 5 of the Fast and Furious films combined, the film never stops for a second. Cheang’s film is...
You Are HereBy C.J. Prince You Are Here opens with a professor (R.D. Reid) lecturing to an unseen audience while footage of waves rolling in play behind him. He tells the audience to stare at...
Children of MenBy Blake Ginithan Alfonso Cuaron’s Science Fiction film Children of Men is devastatingly beautiful. The film is full of ugly greys and a tone that suggests nothing other than failure and yet, it’s...
LawlessBy C.J. Prince John Hillcoat’s Lawless, which feels more like it belongs on HBO instead of theatre screens, is a mediocre attempt at a crime drama. Assembling a strong team of people in...
