Category Archives: Cinema Reviews

45 Years

45 Years
We discover Geoff (Tom Courtenay) and Kate (Charlotte Rampling) Mercer in the final days before celebrating their 45th wedding anniversary. Things are on track for a momentous party with friends and neighbors. Kate is securing the venue and dealing with the details that such an event demand. A letter addressed to Geoff arrives. The letter…
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Nothing Personal

Nothing Personal
Polish director Urszula Antoniak uses her 2009 film, Nothing Personal to tell a story about living on the margins in this modern, fractured world. Set in Ireland, we first discover Anne (Lotte Verbeek) in a stripped bare apartment above a bustling street. She slowly pulls the gold wedding band from her finger and disappears onto…
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A Bottle in the Gaza Sea

A Bottle in the Gaza Sea
A Bottle in the Gaza Sea offers the viewer a small snippet of hope for the mess that makes up the Middle East. It's not much hope, and the premise is too far fetched to think such an event could trigger much change. But then, the story is fun to consider, and we know that…
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Concussion

Concussion
In this Pittsburg, Pennsylvania story of Dr. Bennet Omalu, the tenacious Nigerian born doctor who uncovered chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) plaguing NFL players, Will Smith turns in one of the great performances of his career. His portrayal of Dr. Omalu leads one to forget that Will himself was not African bred and raised. I was…
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