Review
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SLIFF 2009 Review: CAT CITY
Nick (Julian Sands) is a dirty, dirty businessman. He is a very wealthy man who has been cheating on...
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SLIFF 2009 Review: ST. NICK
It’s time to put the giant-sized Muppets in the closet. Whereas WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE, or, at...
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Review: 2012
I find it humorous, if not entirely premeditated, that what is perhaps the disaster movie of the grandest scale...
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SLIFF 2009 Review: ALBINO FARM
Whereas audiences may usually expect a film festival to be comprised solely of artsy dramas and foreign films, ALBINO...
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SLIFF 2009 Review: BEESWAX
One of the first things that must be noticed about BEESWAX is that the film is filled with color,...
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SLIFF 2009 Review: GAME OF THE YEAR
GAME OF THE YEAR is a mockumentary written and directed by local filmmaker Chris Grega (AMPHETAMINE, RHINELAND). The film...
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SLIFF 2009 Review: THE DRUMMER (Zhan gu)
The sound of drums can penetrate the soul and resonate deeper than any musical instrument if performed by a...
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SLIFF 2009 Review: SPOONER
The prospect of moving out of our parents’ houses and venturing out into life on our own is usually...
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SLIFF 2009 Review: UNDER STILL WATERS
There is slow burn, and then there is no burn, that type of film that keeps making you think...
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Graphic Nature – Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Two years ago the gaming world was turned upside down when Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare was released....
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SLIFF 2009 Review: BLACKSPOT
If there’s one thing I’ve learned it’s never to underestimate the films being made in New Zealand. No, I’m...
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SLIFF 2009 Review: LAILA’S BIRTHDAY
Rashid Masharawi’s latest film, LAILA’S BIRTHDAY, is a film both daring and sweet, a story about a world turned...
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SLIFF 2009 Review: THE NORTH FACE
It’s not much of a qualifier, but writer/director Philipp Stolzl’s THE NORTH FACE, NORDWAND in its native German, could...
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SLIFF 2009 Review: SLEEPWALKING LAND
SLEEPWALKING LAND (Terra Sonâmbula) is a vividly real film that tells a somewhat surreal story about life in Mozambique....
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SLIFF 2009 Review: TERRIBLY HAPPY
Audiences should find themselves terribly satisfied with TERRIBLY HAPPY (Frygtelig lykkelig), co-written and directed by Danish filmmaker Henrik Ruben...
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Review: THE BOX
It is Hampton, Virginia. The year is 1976. A young, suburban couple, Norma and Arthur Lewis, are awaken by...
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Review: A CHRISTMAS CAROL
Unnecessary and lifeless. These two adjectives describe better than any my thoughts behind A CHRISTMAS CAROL, Robert Zemeckis’ latest,...
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Review: FIVE MINUTES OF HEAVEN
When one thinks of a powerful film, what comes to mind? An epic saga? A grandiose drama? A hard-hitting...
