The Man Who Knew Infinity (Brown, 2015)
A formula film about mathematical geniuses is buoyed by strong performances from Dev Patel and Jeremy Irons.
Category: Disclosure–DVDS
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Henry Gamble’s Birthday Party (Cone, 2015)
The world of Henry Gamble's Birthday Party is not one I've ever lived in, but it is one I've caught enough glimpses of the believe exists in some only slightly less grotesque form.
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The Liberators (Bryant, 2016)
Pop quiz: You find out your father/brother/uncle/neighbor stole a bunch of priceless religious artifacts from an abbey in Nazi Germany. What do you do?
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Breathe (Laurent, 2015)
Friendships are often an incalculable mix of ecstasy and disillusionment.
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The Looking Glass (Hancock, 2015)
I hate to use the word "sweet" when describing a film. There's no way to make it not sound like a backhanded compliment.
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In Jackson Heights (Wiseman, 2015)
A modern masterpiece of quotidian urgency.
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The Big Short (McKay, 2015)
The Big Short is about people who got rich by short-selling credit default swaps--people who made obscene amounts of money by being able to accurately predict the suffering of others. That they themselves were not the root cause of the suffering makes it possible for us as viewers to not hate them; it doesn't necessarily keep them--or Baum at least--from hating themselves.
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Big Eden (Bezucha, 2000)
Maybe our neighbors are more like us than we know.
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My All American (Pizzo, 2015)
I'm not giving Freddie Steinmark a "C." I'm giving the movie about his life and death a "C."
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Stations of the Cross (Brüggemann, 2015)
Jesus Camp meets Breaking the Waves.