Staff Recommends ‘The Phoenician Scheme’ Review: Aging Billionaires and Wes Anderson’s Melancholic ArchitectureBy Hector GonzalezJune 18, 20250 Wes Anderson is an auteur working on his own level and landscape, with nobody being able to come close to… Read More
Film Festival TIFF 2021 Review: ‘Encounter’ Can’t Decide What Film it Wants to Be, but is Ultimately Saved by its Actors By Hector GonzalezSeptember 13, 20210 Although Riz Ahmed gives it his all, Michael Pearce’s “Encounter” can’t seem to get a hold of itself; it goes… Read More
Music Review: ‘Sound of Metal’—Riz Ahmed is Near-Perfect as a Musician Struggling to Come to Terms with Hearing LossBy Paul Emmanuel EnicolaJanuary 26, 20210 Forty-five seconds into the film, we see a shot of a man sitting at the drums; game face on, waiting… Read More
