Film Review: LE JOUR SE LEVE (DAYBREAK)

LE JOUR SE LEVE (DAYBREAK) Directed by Marcel Carne Written by Jacques Viot Starring: Jean Gabin, Jules Berry, Jacqueline Laurent, Arletty LE JOUR SE LEVE debuted in 1939 and quickly ran into trouble. Almost immediately it fell into the hands of the Vichy regime and...

Film Review: DANNY COLLINS

DANNY COLLINS Directed and Written by Dan Fogelman Starring: Al Pacino, Annette Bening, Jennifer Garner, Christopher Plummer, Bobby Cannavale Has there ever been a movie about the life of a singer where an actor (or even someone dubbing for him) sang so little? I...

Film Review: WHILE WE'RE YOUNG

While We're Young Written and Directed by Noah Baumbach Starring: Ben Stiller, Naomi Watts, Adam Driver, Amanda Seyfried, Charles Grodin The basic premise of WHILE WE'RE YOUNG seems oh, so familiar. A forty-something couple, male (Stiller) and female (Watts) yearn for...

Film Review: WILD TALES

WILD TALES Written and Directed by Damian Szifron Starring: Ricardo Darin and many fine Argentinian actors WILD TALES was enormous fun—if you have a tolerance for violence, mayhem, and people exacting revenge or working themselves into states of great rage. There were...

Film Review: '71

'71 Directed by Yann Demange Written by Gregory Burke Starring: Jack O'Connell, Richard Dormer, Sean Harris, Sam Reid '71 takes place in Belfast at the height of the conflict between two factions of the IRA, the northern Protestants, the northern Catholics, the local...