Restrained, respectful, sedate. Those are hardly words you’d use to describe the notoriously rambunctious tennis legend John McEnroe. But s...

At once lurid and aloof, “Kill Me Please” is a truly puzzling film. A debut feature by Brazilian director Anita Rocha da Silveira, this gen...

“From Afar” begins with a middle-aged man prowling the streets of Caracas. He is looking for a young man to bring home, using his money as ...

Alfred Hitchcock thrilled us with "The 39 Steps", Arthur Penn changed the game with "Bonnie and Clyde" and Terence Mali...

Back in early September, I fulfilled my dream of attending the Venice International Film Festival. Well...sort of. In truth, I took part in...

No matter where you go in the world, there always seems to be some amount of corruption involved throughout all levels of society. In Jami ...

They say you shouldn't judge a book by its cover, but after watching Anees Bazmee's "Singh is Kinng" I wish I had trusted...

Nothing says "Hollywood" quite like a big budget action movie. From "Fast and the Furious" to "Mission: Impossible...

A pair of fresh voices on the indie scene has arrived with the new horror film "Teeth and Blood". This debut narrative feature is...

Some films have poetic titles just for the sake of it, while others possess a literal meaning in the context of the film. Tito Molina’s apt...

It's that time of year again, when all the snobs complain about the "Oscar bait" films being unleashed at the various fall fe...

When coming up with my list of Most Anticipated Films of 2014 , one film that stirred my interest was Wally Pfister's directorial debut...

Earlier this week , I commented on the propensity for moviemaking trends to repeat themselves in terms of the scale of blockbusters. Upon w...

If you weren't already aware, there's a bustling movement of underground indie cinema, producing films that you never hear about. O...

In honour of April Fools' Day, Nathaniel chose a perfectly silly film for Hit me with your best shot this week - 'Can't Stop t...

Continuing his two-part sex addiction saga, Lars Von Trier goes to some dark places in "Nymphomaniac: Vol. II". Clearly he was ju...

This week I decided to stray into the realm of avant-garde with "Sweet Sweetback's Baadassssss Song". It's said that this...

The Adam Sandler brand of dumb comedy is widely viewed (by cinephiles) as a plague on contemporary movie culture. However, after watching J...

As you've probably noticed by now, I usually only write reviews for films that I like. There are two main reasons for this. First of al...

The modern struggle of urban African-Americans has been ripe for cinematic adaptation, particularly after Spike Lee's emergence in the ...