Metro Morning: Memoir of a Snail and Black Box Diaries
Metro Morning Revisited: Jason Gorber reviews the animation/core message of Memoirs of a Snail, as well as the bitter reality in Black Box Diaries.
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Adam Elliot on the “Chunky, Wonky” Memoir of a Snail
An interview with Memoir of a Snail director Adam Elliot about bringing his latest animated fable to life with offbeat dark humour and grace.
Memoir of a Snail Review: One of the Best Films of 2024
The bittersweet tragicomedy Memoir of a Snail from Adam Elliot packs an unexpected emotional punch as not just one of the year’s best animated films, but one of the must-watch movies of the year.
Equals: Drake Doremus on Kristen Stewart’s Fans, Truffaut’s Influence, and Anton Yelchin
We recently had a chance to speak to director Drake Doremus about his new film Equals, Kristen Stewart's fans, the influence of Ridley Scott, and more!
Equals Review
A few things get in the way of Drake Doremus' dystopian romance Equals being truly great, but Kristen Stewart is certainly not one of them.
Magic in the Moonlight Review
If one were to plot out the ranking of Woody Allen’s films from best to worst, the frothy, but hardly vital Magic in the Moonlight would show up somewhere just barely on the positive side of the dead centre.
Parkland Review
As a depiction of the events on the day of American President John F. Kennedy’s assassination on November 22nd 1963 – as well as the three days in the immediate wake of the killing – Parkland doesn’t cover any historical or narrative ground that hasn’t been touched on before, nor does it go out of its way to create melodrama.
Silver Linings Playbook Review
While he continues to court the mainstream following the success of The Fighter, director David O. Russell and Bradley Cooper in the best performance of his career help make Silver Linings Playbook one of the best Hollywood portrayals of mental illness to date, even if the film's final third is a really standard sort of romantic comedy.
