★★ A Moroccan-themed dark dramedy starring a colorful cast of characters that include a coked-up Jessica Chastain, abrasive Ralph Fiennes, a flirtatious Christopher Abbott, and Matt Smith and Caleb Landry Jones as a wealthy queer couple sounded like my idea of a good time. I would watch Chastain in just about anything, and the rest … Continue reading Film Review: The Forgiven
Film Review: Nitram
★★★ Making sense of a meaningless tragedy is often a fruitless endeavor that easily runs the risk of offending sensitive viewers. Nitram aims to avoid the pratfalls of similar films by examining the situation in an entirely different light. Expressly, Nitram depicts events leading up to a shooting that occurred in 1999 Australia, one which … Continue reading Film Review: Nitram