Part documentary, part thriller, Welcome To Leith paints a fascinating portrait of a desolate little town in North Dakota, and how in 2012 a group of white supremacists attempted to convert the town into their own private settlement. Much in the same …Read more
The vast majority of Americans have some understanding of The Black Panther Party. Violence, revolution, police brutality, and racism are each in some way linked to the story of the Panthers, but these concepts alone fail to bring the movement to lif …Read more
In Redeemer Marko Zaror plays the title character, a former hitman who strikes a deal with god and becomes a vigilante keen on destroying the men who took his life from him. The action packed film feels refreshing for its clever use of genre c …Read more
Planning to enjoy a simple right of passage turns into a nightmare in the Spanish horror flick Para Elisa. Directed by novelist-turned-director Juanra Fernández, the movie stars Ona Casamiquela as Ana, a Fine Arts major about to graduate from the uni …Read more
In the fine drama The Second Mother director Anna Muylaert touches on Brazil’s social class issues by focusing on Val (Regina Casé) a woman who left her daughter Jessica under her grandparents’ care as she pursued a job as a maid in a rich household …Read more
In the provocative documentary I Touched All Your Stuff filmmakers Maira Buehler and Matias Mariani introduce us to Christopher Kirk, a seemingly harmless American spending time in a Brazilian prison on a drug smuggling sentence. Originally meant to …Read more
John Magary’s directorial debut follows two brothers as they kinetically drift in and out of concentric circles of resentment and failures with girlfriends in tow. Though laudable for its mood, feverish and electric, The Mend lacks narrative focus, m …Read more
Colonialism has been a fact for centuries, but it’s only recently that it’s become part of the accepted history of the United States, a dark legacy that official figures like Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton invoke as part of the long ago past. But a …Read more
Judging from the stylish camerawork and assured direction featured in Prince, it’s hard to believe this is only Sam de Jong’s first feature length. The young filmmaker, who also wrote the screenplay, has directed several short films and music videos, …Read more
After meeting two cute guys at a rooftop party, BFFs Harper (Bridey Elliott) and Allie (Clare McNulty) decide they will go with them to the beach the following day. Allie is supposed to complete her Peace Corps paperwork, and Harper should be trying …Read more
