Film Review: ‘The Love Witch’
Anna Biller’s delightful 2007 “Viva” seemed to be the result of many years of exhaustive thrift-store scavenging, at the end of which the writer-director-star...
Film Review: ‘The Judge’
April 10, 2018 4:23PM PT
Erika Cohn’s documentary is a welcome femme-empowered portrait of an inspirational female Shari’a judge in Palestine.
Film Review: ‘Baja’
April 10, 2018 10:00AM PT
Four teens head south of the border for some very mild misadventures in Tony Vidal's heavily chaperoned teen...
Film Review: ‘Finding Oscar’
April 13, 2017 5:12PM PT
Decades after a horrific massacre in Guatemala eliminated an entire village, investigators search for a survivor too young...
Film Review: ‘Mavis!’
March 30, 2015 6:29PM PT
Living legend Mavis Staples is fondly celebrated in Jessica Edwards' spirited biographical documentary.
Gospel music...
Film Review: ‘Quitters’
March 30, 2015 6:08PM PT
An insufferable lead character makes the going rough in Noah Pritzker's fitfully amusing dramedy.
If...
Film Review: ‘In Her Place’
March 30, 2015 5:01PM PT
An acutely observed psychodrama from sophomore helmer Albert Shin, powered by three sterling performances.
An...
Film Review: ‘Dukhtar’
March 30, 2015 3:28PM PT
A mother in Pakistan’s tribal north flees with her daughter rather than let her become a child bride...
Film Review: ‘All Things Must Pass’
While focusing on the rise and demise of Tower Records, the fallen retail giant that once billed its flagship location as “The Largest Record-Tape...
Film Review: ‘High Society’
March 28, 2015 12:18PM PT
A nuanced character study of a working-class girl suddenly thrust into an upscale, sophisticated milieu.
