Reviews

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KID-THING Review

Release Date:   August 7th, 2013 (Limited)
MPAA Rating:   NR
Director:   David Zellner
FilmPulse Score:   1/10

David Zellner’s newest film Kid-Thing centers around Annie (Sydney Aguirre) a young girl devoid of

6.5

A MEASURE OF THE SIN Review

Release Date: TBD
Director: Jeff Wedding
MPAA Rating: NR
Film Pulse Score: 6.5/10

Jeff Wedding’s A Measure of the Sin encapsulates everything needed to breathe life into a stagnant genre.  The film blurs the lines

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OUR CHILDREN Review

Release Date:   August 2, 2013 (Limited)
MPAA Rating:   NR
Director:   Joachim Lafosse
Film Pulse Score:   6/10

Joachim Lafosse’s Our Children features the type of story that has played out in history a million

1.5

THE CANYONS Review

The Canyons seemed like something of an oddity from the moment it was announced to the world. It’s directed by Paul Schrader, who wrote Raging Bull and Taxi Driver, written by Bret Easton Ellis, author of American Psycho and Less Than Zero, and stars Lindsay Lohan and porn star James Deen. Although that sounds like a recipe for disaster, there was this sort of wonder about how a collaboration between Schrader and Ellis would turn out. Unfortunately, it turned out to be a horrible mess that would be more suited as a 90s Cinemax flick than a real movie.

8.5

FRUITVALE STATION Review

In the world of film we tend, as a culture and as an audience, to deal with subject matter that is derived from reality and push it through a filter of fantasy, creating characters that play the villains and heroes we need to voice our experience of life. Even in terms of political events in narrative film, more often than not, we create something 'in light' of something else. Fruitvale Station not only avoids this tendency, but it also reveals exactly how powerful it can be to simply narrate as closely as possible to a real life story without delving into a documentary form. The result is a strikingly sincere and brave piece of cinema.