“Good One” – By whose definition [MOVIE REVIEW] “Good One” is an uncomfortably insightful film by India Donaldson in her feature writing and directing debut, and it is Neely Swanson August 9, 2024
“Swan Song” – An end and a beginning [MOVIE REVIEW] Karen Kain was the much beloved and lauded prima ballerina of the National Ballet of Canada. She followed up her Neely Swanson July 28, 2024
“The Convert” – Not what you think [MOVIE REVIEW] There are films that defy expectations and there are those that turn those expectations upside down. Lee Tamahori’s “The Convert” Neely Swanson July 11, 2024
“Chronicles of a Wandering Saint” – Going where you don’t expect [MOVIE REVIEW] “Chronicles of a Wandering Saint,” a true gem, is about the unexpectedly surreal and funny actions of a woman whose Neely Swanson July 2, 2024
“Green Border” – Withering [MOVIE REVIEW] Agnieszka Holland, the fabled director of “Europa Europa” about a young Jewish boy’s survival in Nazi Germany, has set her Neely Swanson June 21, 2024
“Wildcat” – Claws out [MOVIE REVIEW] “Wildcat,” Ethan Hawke’s audacious film about Flannery O’Connor, tries for the kind of gothic approach that this Southern writer might Neely Swanson May 6, 2024
“Io Capitano” – Captain of all [MOVIES] “Io Capitano,” nominated for this year’s Academy Award for Best International Film from Italy, is a complicated web and complex Neely Swanson February 22, 2024
“Ordinary Angels” – Ordinary people [MOVIE REVIEW] “Ordinary Angels’ is a sweet story meant to tug at your heartstrings and play on the adage that one person Neely Swanson February 20, 2024
“God and Country” – Whose God and whose country? [MOVIE REVIEW] “God and Country,” an excellent and rather chilling documentary directed by Dan Partland, lays out the history of the radicalization Neely Swanson February 16, 2024
“Tótem” – The spiritual [MOVIE REVIEW] Writer/director Lila Avilés has always been intrigued by the chaos of families, especially large Latin American families where boundaries are Neely Swanson January 26, 2024
“American Star” – At sea [MOVIE REVIEW] Inspired to create a film noir that would harken back to the days of the silent anti-hero, director Gonzalo López-Gallego Neely Swanson January 20, 2024
“I Am Burt Reynolds” – And you’re not [MOVIE REVIEW] Considered by some as the “last movie star,” Burt Reynolds lived many lives and all of them out loud. This Neely Swanson January 5, 2024
“Coup de Torchon”- Clean Slate [MOVIE REVIEW] Rialto Pictures has just released a 4K restoration of Bernard Tavernier’s 1982 masterpiece, “Coup de Torchon” based on Jim Thompson’s Neely Swanson December 31, 2023
“Freud’s Last Session”- Analysis à Deux [MOVIE REVIEW] Based on the original premise presented in an excellent play of the same name, playwright Mark St. Germain imagined a Neely Swanson December 19, 2023
“Our Son” – Our sun [MOVIE REVIEW] “Our Son,” directed by Bill Oliver, looks at divorce and custody from a direction rarely shown. Nicky is very happy Neely Swanson December 5, 2023
“La Syndicaliste” – Under siege [MOVIE REVIEW] “La Syndicaliste,” directed by Jean-Paul Salomé based on the book written by Caroline Michel-Aguirre, tells the horrific but true story Neely Swanson December 1, 2023