There are moments in Jurassic World that strike that magic chord of action adventure films that makes us think of our childhood. Moments of complete disbelief, moments where we believe in the impossible, moments when the girl rescues the guy:…
Movie Review: “Hungry Hearts”
Childbirth is the most violent aspect of human existence. Consider: there are peaceful deaths but there are no peaceful births. So any film that concerns itself with the subject of childbirth and infancy has a built-in level of tension and…
Ally’s Movie Review: The Road Within
Vincent (Robert Sheehan) was diagnosed with Tourette’s syndrome at a young age, but it has reached its boiling point after the premature death of his mother. His father (Robert Patrick) is in the middle of a political campaign and checks…
Ally’s Movie Review: ’71
There is an image of this film that has burned itself into my memory. It’s one I cannot mention without spoiling an integral piece of the film, but it’s vital to the movements taken and to the encompassing themes which…
The Film Canon: Les Diaboliques (1955)
It is no more possible to discuss the importance and impact of Henri-Georges Clouzot’s Les Diaboliques without diving into spoilers than it is to examine Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho (1960) without mentioning Janet Leigh’s brutal murder. And yet Clouzot’s masterpiece has…
Women in Film Wednesday: A Little Princess (1995)
“Miss Minchin: Don’t tell me you still fancy yourself a princess? Child, look around you! Or better yet, look in the mirror. Sara Crewe: I am a princess. All girls are. Even if they live in tiny old attics. Even…
The Film Canon: Black Narcissus (1947)
High above the world nestled on an impossible cliff, madness comes to Mopu. Once a harem, this decayed palace of pleasures and perversities bears witness to new masters: a group of Anglican nuns who seek to establish a school and…