festivals and museums archives - Page 7 of 15

A Monster Calls movie review: the monster is within us all

Tue, Jan 03, 2017

A fairy tale of the Grimm sort: no happy ending, no heroes or villains, just hard truths about life and human nature. Important, beautiful, heartbreaking.

Sully movie review: he’s good people (and so is everyone else)

Fri, Dec 02, 2016

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The ultimate anti-disaster movie. A supremely gripping and powerfully emotional film about, paradoxically, what happens when everything works as it should.

Moonlight movie review: the empathy machine in action (but only if you’re watching)

Wed, Nov 16, 2016

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Luminous and plaintive, Moonlight is emotional virtual reality, transforming a unique human experience into something universal and unforgettable.

Arrival movie review: how to talk to aliens and expand your consciousness

Tue, Nov 08, 2016

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Intelligent, intense, grownup science fiction that will thrill genre lovers and satisfy fans of moving human drama. A beautiful, thought-provoking film.

Before the Flood documentary review: DiCaprio takes celebrity climate-change advocacy to a new level (LFF 2016)

Wed, Nov 02, 2016

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Leonardo DiCaprio’s abashed personal journey to learn about global warming, overcome his pessimism, and find hope that there’s still time to make a difference.