Bigger than Ben-Hur’ has been in the world’s vernacular for generations, and having just seen the film for the first time in 30 years, William Wyler’s epic quickly reminded this reviewer why. For a film made in the 50s, the sheer scale of this production makes ...


After a promising opening scene, in which an attractive young woman (Jennifer Lynn Warren) slowly disrobes and slips into the murky backwaters of a Louisiana swamp before being stalked and dismembered by a rogue alligator ...
D. W. Griffith’s The Birth of a Nation, a groundbreaking film that is quickly approaching its 100th anniversary, is still – to this day - a controversial film igniting the fear and loathing that invites the gnashing of teeth and tearing of flesh ...
While this American remake of the 2007 Israeli feature film called Ha-Hov will never hold up to the accolades received by its Israeli counterpart (four nominations for Israel’s Academy Awards equivalent), The Debt is nonetheless a ...
This month Kino fires up its release of Silent Era films by unloading two classics from the towering film pioneer D.W. Griffith onto blu-ray. Way Down East is probably the lesser known of the two releases (The Birth of a Nation being the other ...
Justin Chadwick’s The First Grader succeeds on far more levels than it fails. On its surface, it’s a fact-based narrative on the life of Kenyan Kimani Ng’ang’ a Maruge (known simply as Maruge), who tried to enroll in his country’s primary school...
Historically accurate, supremely relevant, and yet politically polarizing, The Conspirator is the first feature film to come from Joe Rickett’s newly formed American Film Company, whose aim is to produce engaging, authentic films...
Cinematically, it began a decade ago. Eight films and three hundred billion-fazillion dollars later, the epic conclusion to the mysterious world of muggles and magicians has arrived. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 is ...
Qasim Basir’s debut film, Mooz-lum takes a soul-searing look at the issues faced by a young Muslim man growing up in a 9/11-era America. Promoted initially via word-of-mouth and social media, the...
Beginners is an oddball little delight from Thumbsucker filmmaker Mike Mills, that begins where it ends. We first meet Oliver (Ewan McGregor) as he’s clearing out the house of his recently deceased father Hal (Christopher Plummer)...
MPAA Rating: R for strong sexual content, nudity and some language.

