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Film Reviews


Review: Morris From America
No one wants to reminisce about when they were thirteen years old. In fact, no one wants to be thirteen years old; especially when you're...

Sammi Leigh Melville
Oct 12, 2016
Review: The Hollars
He gave us BRIEF INTERVIEWS WITH HIDEOUS MEN back in 2009, and as many directorial debuts can be, the result was uneven and lacking in...

Sammi Leigh Melville
Oct 12, 2016
Review: The Innocents
"Faith is 24 hours of doubt and one minute of hope." This honest description comes from a woman wracked with trauma and hiding in secrecy...

Sammi Leigh Melville
Oct 12, 2016
Review: The Birth of a Nation
We've been hearing about this film since it made waves at Sundance; borrowing the name of D.W. Griffith's 1915 movie to make a statement,...

Sammi Leigh Melville
Oct 12, 2016
Review: Love & Friendship
Jane Austen finally gets her comedy on the big screen. Adapted from her novella, "Lady Susan", Whit Stillman's self-aware LOVE &...

Sammi Leigh Melville
May 21, 2016
Review: The Meddler
Everyone's worst nightmare is a meddling mother, especially one who's got nothing else better to do. Writer/director Lorene Scafaria's...

Sammi Leigh Melville
May 21, 2016
Review: Papa Hemingway in Cuba
Imagine having Ernest Hemingway as your mentor. It would probably lead to a pretty good story, right? In the case of writer Denne Bart...

Sammi Leigh Melville
May 15, 2016
Review: Elvis & Nixon
One of the most requested photos from the National Archives is that of Richard Nixon and Elvis Presley in the Oval Office. There is not...

Sammi Leigh Melville
May 15, 2016
Review: Louder Than Bombs
When a loved one dies, grief tends not to come all at once. Years later, you may feel stricken with the sudden memory of that person, or...

Sammi Leigh Melville
Apr 30, 2016
Review: Remember
There will always be films involving the Holocaust, or at least its survivors. But sometimes, a story surfaces that departs from the...

Sammi Leigh Melville
Apr 23, 2016
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