Room in Rome (2010)
What started off as a one night stand ends up evolving into something more intimate as time passes by.
Category: reviews
Fingering (Thai Film)
Early in the year, a Thai film/short caused some ruckus when it launched its trailer onto the web, as it appeared to be about a tomboi named Chaeng who seems unable to satisfy her girlfriend Mi.
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
A touching and hilarious musical about a broken person just trying to find themselves in the world.
Maison de Himiko, La
A girl gets the chance to work as a nurse in a retirement home for gay men, which happens to be owned by her father.
Shan Ren Band – Listen to the Mountain
It’s not every day that I come across a band that can successfully integrate traditional folk with reggae, ska, and elements of bossa nova. But Shan Ren Band does just that with inspiring deftness in their latest offering, Listen to the Mountain.
América, Uma História Bem Portuguesa
This is a comedy… of sorts, about a Russian immigrant in Portugal who’s married to a small-time crook who starts to make a living out of selling fake passports to illegal immigrants. Ah, the Land of the Free.
Esi Edugyan – Half-Blood Blues
Jazz musicians of mixed nationalities and ethnicities struggle to survive Nazi Berlin and occupied Paris. Decades later, the survivors still face the consequences of their choices.
Behind the Candelabra
Soderbergh’s TV movie is a wonderfully entertaining look at the relationship between Liberace and his young lover, Scott Thorson.
Frances Ha (2012)
Frances Ha is an absolutely delightful comedy that captures just what it’s like to be a young woman discovering yourself.
