This is not a review but a reaction and a self-justification for not rating the film higher. Once Upon a Time in Anatolia has a lot going for it, not the least of which is the fact that it’s absolutely…  read review

Tsotsi is a good, but not great, film. I believe if it were an American-made independent, it wouldn’t be nearly as acclaimed. It seems to me like its overwhelming welcome in the U.S. is partially driven…  read review

Watching this film, I felt myself taken back to a time that I remember only as a faint dream and to a place I never knew. I was a youngster when the Jonestown massacre took place, but the event is…  read review