Breathe (Laurent, 2015)
Friendships are often an incalculable mix of ecstasy and disillusionment.
Category: Disclosure–DVDS
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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.
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Sex, Death and Bowling (Walker, 2015)
Adrian Grenier almost always charms in charming movies.
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The Ballet Boys (Elvebakk, 2015)
The Ballet Boys (★★½) doesn’t quite hold our attention as strongly as First Position, but it should nevertheless please its target audience. The film focuses on the high-school experiences of… Continue reading "The Ballet Boys (Elvebakk, 2015)"
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In My Father’s House (Stern and Sundberg, 2015)
"I want my dad in my life, but I grew up with addicts..."