We finally get to Market Street, and it’s 6:03pm – late. We find the street number and ask where we might find the media screening for The Innocents, and we… Read More
Review: The Innocents / Kena
Tag: Reviews
Review: The Young Offenders / Irish Film Festival / Kena
The Young Offenders is a classic Irish comedy, with a strong moral didacticism woven neatly underneath the thick layer of stomach-clenching jokes. It’s impossible not to love the two main… Read More
Review: Atlantic / Irish Film Festival / Kena
Atlantic didn’t quite turn out the way I’d imagined it to, upon hearing the premise. For reference, here’s the premise I got: a documentary about fishing in the Atlantic. Fishing in… Read More
Review: Personal Shopper / Amy
In Personal Shopper (Dir. Olivier Assayas), Kirsten Stewart plays Maureen, a personal shopper for a wealthy socialite and model. She is a medium and is haunted by her recently deceased… Read More
Review: A Bag of Marbles / Alliance Française French Film Festival / Bill
Reviewed by Bill Blake Like The Diary of Anne Frank and The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, A Bag Of Marbles is about a child’s experience of the terrible events of… Read More
Review: Things to Come / Alliance Française French Film Festival / Nick
review by Nick Ward I was fortunate to see Mia Hansen-Løve’s new film, Things to Come, at this year’s Alliance Française French Film Festival. The film follows Isabelle Huppert as a… Read More
Review: Lost in Paris / Alliance Francaise French Film Festival / Bill
Review by Bill Blake Lost in Paris is a charming comedy which takes the viewer from freezing small town Canada to bohemian Paris, after spinster librarian Fiona (played by Fiona… Read More
Review: The Unkown Girl / Alliance Francaise French Film Festival / Nick
The Unknown Girl debuted at Cannes last year to lukewarm feelings and reviews. Helmed by auteur directors, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, The Unknown Girl is a well made, yet disappointing release.… Read More
Review: Penny Pincher! / Alliance Francaise French Film Festival / Carmella
When I read Penny Pincher! was about a man whose obsessive frugality gets him into difficult situations, I was instantly drawn to this film. I am a huge fan of… Read More
Review: Tomcat / Mardi Gras Film Festival / Kena
Tomcat isn’t about a gay couple…it’s just about a couple, the fact that they are gay is hardly mentioned in the film at all, if ever. It’s reassuring to see… Read More