LFF: Nas – Time is Illmatic review
The starting point of Nas: Time is Illmatic, the debut documentary feature from director One9 and writer Erik Parker, is not just that Illmatic, Nas’ debut album, is a great album but that it is a perfect record. It’s no surprise, then, to find that the film is reverential in tone, but what is perhaps most … Read more
LFF: Rosewater review
[ The real life arrest of Iranian-Canadian Newsweek journalist Maziar Bahari provides the rich subject matter for Jon Stewart‘s directorial debut, Rosewater. Sadly, Stewart has squandered this material on a film that is terribly uneven and often badly judged. The film begins with a dreamy sequence in which a voiceover talks about ‘rosewater’, before we move to the … Read more
LFF: The New Girlfriend review
This review reveals some surprises from the early scenes of The New Girlfriend, though you will infer the same information from the film’s trailer. The opening shots of The New Girlfriend would appear to show a woman dressing for her wedding day until director Francois Ozon pulls back and reveals that, in fact, we’re seeing her being … Read more
LFF: Electric Boogaloo – The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films review
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films suffers from a very conspicuous absence, creating a gaping hole in what is an otherwise entertaining and informative documentary. The film tells the rather bizarre story of Cannon Films, and the two Israeli cousins who ran the company for an amazing stretch in the 80s, challenging the big boys in Hollywood … Read more