Director Andy Goddard’s British war drama, Six Minutes to Midnight, starts off strong — with sweeping tracking shots of the English coast, fitting period attire, and an underlying sense of “doom” matching a continent on the brink of war. In fact, the film’s opening act is quite intriguing — dropping viewers into a peculiar English…
Have you ever had one of those dreams when you wake up in a room you don’t recognize, and there’s not a person to be found? You run desperately through the empty corridors, shouting for help and no one answers? It’s like the beginning of zombie horror classic “28 Days Later,” but the only gnawing…
According to a 2013 census, 20.7% of Israel’s population are Israeli Arabs, citizens of Israel who consider themselves Palestinian by nationality. The problems that arise from these conflicting allegiances are dramatized in Eran Riklis’(“Zaytoun”) film Dancing Arabs, a title that denotes those who have to straddle two cultures and “dance at two weddings.” Based on…
I don’t believe a coming of age movie has ever been presented quite like this. In Goats, Ellis has learned the ways of the world from his hippie mother and a man who has the tendency to bleat like a goat, aptly named “Goat Man.” These teachings have served him well enough for the past…
