All posts by Jim Batts
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LOVE THE COOPERS – The Review
Social media is filled with complaints about retailers jumping the gun on Christmas. Hey the jack-o-lantern’s not yet...
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MY ALL AMERICAN – The Review
Well, the temps are dropping, and the leaves are changing. That can only mean one thing: better check...
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SLIFF 2015 review: THE SUMMER OF SANGAILE
How’s that old 1950’s standard go? “Why must I be a teeeen-ager in love?”. Well, for one thing...
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SLIFF 2015 Review: THE KINDERGARTEN TEACHER
Now this makes for an interesting double feature. Recently I looked at the SLIFF feature entry from France,...
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SLIFF 2015 Review: THE DINNER
THE DINNER poses an interesting question, several actually. And I’m not talking about whether to go with red...
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SLIFF 2015 Review – ONCE IN A LIFETIME
The travails and triumphs of teachers have been ample fodder for filmmakers almost since the start of cinema....
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SLIFF 2015 Review – SEA FOG
By nature of its title this film may conjure up comparisons to other nautical flicks, but your preconceived...
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SLIFF 2015 Review – THEEB
1916. The Ottoman Empire. A vast, arid landscape. All part of one of the greatest cinema epics of...
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SLIFF 2015 Review – BAND OF ROBBERS
This new feature film brings up an interesting question: are literary icons timeless? Aside from science fiction tales,...
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SLIFF 2015 Review – SLEEP WITH ME
SLEEP WITH ME takes a downbeat look at the traditional marriage vows. Well, one in particular, you know...
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SLIFF 2015 Review – THE 33
Here’s a docudrama unique in the long history of films “inspired by true events”. It seemed that during...
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SLIFF 2015 Review – EMBRACE OF THE SERPENT
We often hear people remark about how they’ve got a tune or melody “stuck in their head”. The...
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SLIFF 2015 Review – 3 1/2 MINUTES, TEN BULLETS
This award-winning documentary focuses on an issue still making headlines and filling up hours on the TV news....
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SLIFF 2015 Review – BROOKLYN
Film fans of a certain…ahem…age are often grousing about the current state of cinema, saying that “they don’t...
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OUR BRAND IS CRISIS (2015) – The Review
So you’re tired of all the news reports and headlines about those campaigning for the president, in an...
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ROCK THE KASBAH – The Review
“Long live rock and roll!” Turns out that this is really true. I mean the Rolling Stones are...
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LABYRINTH OF LIES – The Review
Screenplays have been populated by characters trying to move forward and escape their ugly past since the creation...
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BEASTS OF NO NATION – The Review
Cinema can often be a doorway to witness events going on far from your hometown theatre (or multiplex)....
