MSPIFF Review: In Between (2017)

Directed By: Maysaloun Hamoud Written By: Maysaloun Hamoud Runtime: 1 hour 36 minutes There aren't many female-led films in Hollywood that aren't cheesy romantic comedies or Lifetime Network-levels of stupid femme fatale stories. Fortunately, there are some that break the mold, including In Between. Writer and director Maysaloun Hamoud has created a film featuring three women …

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Guest Review: THE INNOCENTS (2016)

Directed By: Anne Fontaine Cast: Lou de Laâge, Agata Buzek, Agata Kulesza Runtime: 1 hr 55 minutes Most war films recount history as if women were never involved or their experiences not worth mentioning. That is just one of many reasons why The Innocents (2016) stands out in the war film genre: it is about, for, and made …

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FlixChatter Review: Martin Scorsese’ SILENCE (2016)

To close out his trilogy of religious theme film that includes The Last Temptation of Christ and Kundun, Martin Scorsese has spent over 20 years on trying to bring his latest picture to the big screen. Based on the novel by Shusaku Endo and technically a remake of a Japanese film that was directed by …

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