reviews All Reviews REVIEW | Amsterdam (2022) Derek Armstrong / 9:51 / 17.10.22 David O. Russell may have spent the seven years since his last film signing up movie stars, but he should have worked more on his script.
reviews All Reviews REVIEW | Possessor (2020) Derek Armstrong / 12:43 / 01.12.20 David Cronenberg's son has opened up his dad's bag of tricks for a body-swapping sci-fi horror.
reviews All Reviews REVIEW | Burden (2020) Derek Armstrong / 11:27 / 12.06.20 As the fight against racism goes worldwide, a timely new film arrives to consider tensions in a small town in the American South.
reviews Top Picks MIFF REVIEW | Mandy (2018) Derek Armstrong / 19:48 / 05.08.18 You could get a tight 90 minutes out of the 120 of Mandy, but when the flab is this deliriously and passionately imagined, it’s hard to be critical of it.
reviews All Reviews REVIEW | Battle of the Sexes (2017) Derek Armstrong / 14:20 / 04.10.17 Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris' Battle of the Sexes is about important things, but it is not about them in important ways.
reviews All Reviews Review: Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Derek Armstrong / 14:45 / 03.12.14 "the impact is mesmerizing" Emmanuel Lubezki is starting to do what directors and sometimes screenwriters are known