Movie Review: A Quiet Passion

In the pantheon of movies about women writers the path veers towards the British: Austen, Bronte, Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Director Terence Davies gives audiences a new vision of the female writer, both in geography and personality with his Emily Dickinson…

VIFF Review: A Quiet Passion

To read previous VIFF coverage, click here. Terence Davies’ newest film A Quiet Passion is his most talky film, which probably makes it the least characteristic of the acclaimed English director. But considering that every film by the director by this…

Movie Review: ‘James White’

If cities are character actors, New York plays two roles: the wingman for romances with cultured hipsters, or a desolate backdrop for loners who don’t fit the “New Yorker” label. The capitalist capitol of North America has birthed rom-coms like…

2015 Tribeca Film Festival: The Adderall Diaries

Adderall: now coming to a college campus near you. Well besides its intended usage for concentration in individuals who have ADD, Adderall plays a part in the aptly titled The Adderall Diaries, a film starring Amber Heard, Christian Slater, Ed…