Blog — 3 Brothers Film

Halloween Horror: The City of the Dead (1960)

Featuring horror legend Christopher Lee and plenty of Gothic atmosphere, this tale of witchcraft in a New England town is a spooky though backward-looking treat.

Reviews, Overlooked and Under-Appreciated, Halloween Horror IIAnders BergstromOctober 16, 2020Halloween Horror, Gothic horror, witchcraft, New England, Christopher Lee Comment

Planet in Focus 2020: The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel

The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel shows how the rise of corporate responsibility and weakened political structures have deepened the entwining of our fates with those of the corporation, as both an economic and political agent in the last two decades.

Reviews, The Festival CircuitAnders BergstromOctober 14, 2020Planet in Focus 2020, documentary, capitalismComment

Table Talk: An American Pickle (2020)

Anders and Aren dig into HBO Max’s An American Pickle, examining it as a showcase for Seth Rogen and an investigation of the role of religion in modernity.

RoundtablesAnders BergstromAugust 12, 2020Table Talk, An American Pickle, Brandon Trost, Simon Rich, Seth Rogen, Sarah Snook, JudaismComment

Table Talk: Da 5 Bloods (2020)

Anders and Anton discuss the new Spike Lee Vietnam War film, Da 5 Bloods, and how it fits into Lee’s on filmography, the Black Lives Matter movement, and the legacy of American imperialism in Southeast Asia.

RoundtablesAnders BergstromJune 26, 2020Table Talk, Spike Lee, war movie, drama, race, Vietnam, Delroy LIndo, Clarke Peters, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Jonathan Majors, Norm Lewis, Paul Walter Hauser, Melanie Thierry, Jaspar Paakonen, Jean RenoComment

Review: Young Ahmed (2019)

The newest film from the Dardenne Brothers, Young Ahmed, tells the story of a young teenager in Belgium who has been radicalized by fundamentalist Islam and how that affects his relationship with his community and society.

Reviews, The Current: At HomeAnders BergstromJune 4, 2020The Dardenne Brothers, Luc Dardenne, Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Europe, social criticism, social realism, neorealism, drama, IslamComment

Table Talk: The Last Dance (2020)

Anders and Aren discuss the recent ESPN/Netflix doc on Michael Jordan and the 1997-98 Chicago Bulls, The Last Dance, touching on celebrity culture, documentary narratives, and shared pandemic viewing.

RoundtablesAnders BergstromMay 21, 2020documentary, basketball, Michael Jordan, ESPN, Netflix, celebrity culture, sportsComment

Review: Beastie Boys Story (2020)

Beastie Boys Story is an inspiring look back on the journey of the band, as told by two of the guys who lived it.

Reviews, The Current: At HomeAnders BergstromMay 19, 2020documentary, concert film, Spike Jonze, Beastie Boys, Adam Yauch, Mike D, Adam Horovitz, music, hip-hopComment

Review: Yesterday (2019)

With Yesterday, Danny Boyle and Richard Curtis craft a serviceable romantic comedy around the idea of a world where only one man can remember the Beatles, but never take its high-concept to the next level.

Reviews, The Current: At HomeAnders BergstromMay 8, 2020The Beatles, music, Richard Curtis, Danny Boyle, Hamish Patel, Lily James, Kate McKinnon, Ed Sheeran, romantic comedy, comedyComment

Table Talk: Peter Bogdanovich's Targets (1968)

Anders and Aren discuss Peter Bogdanovich’s debut feature, Targets, and how the film is a touchstone for the work of Quentin Tarantino and explores the relationship between violence and cinema.

RoundtablesAnders BergstromApril 21, 2020Targets, Table Talk, Peter Bogdanovich, Samuel Fuller, Boris Karloff, Tim O'Kelly, Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time ... in HollywoodComment

Remembering Max von Sydow

The Brothers remember the legendary Swedish actor.

FeaturesAnders BergstromMarch 11, 2020Remembering Max von Sydow, Max von SydowComment

Review: Color Out of Space (2019)

Richard Stanley’s adaptation, Color Out of Space, shows how deeply the science fiction horror genre is indebted to Lovecraft.

Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAnders BergstromFebruary 14, 2020Color Out of Space, Richard Stanley, Nicolas Cage, Joely Richardson, Tommy Chong, Q'Oriana Kilcher, Madeleine Arthur, Eliot KnightComment

Anders' Top 10 Films of 2019

Anders shares some of his favourite films from 2019, some widely acclaimed, like Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood and Parasite , as well as a couple of more offbeat picks …

FeaturesAnders BergstromFebruary 7, 2020Anders' Top 10, 2019, Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood, Parasite, The Irishman, Uncut Gems, Ash Is Purest White, The Lighthouse, Missing Link, Frozen II, American DharmaComment

Roundtable: Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019) Part 2

In Part 2 the Brothers discuss The Rise of Skywalker’s links to the past, its world building, and how it concludes the Disney Trilogy.

Roundtables, Star WarsAnders BergstromDecember 31, 2019Star Wars, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, Roundtable, J.J. Abrams, Disney, Oscar Isaac, Rian Johnson, Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, John Boyega, Ian McDiarmid, George LucasComment

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)

The Star Wars anthology film Rogue One brings a focus to sacrifice, heroism, and the cost of war, with a rousing and entertaining exploration of the backstory to A New Hope.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)

The Force Awakens manages to deliver a great deal of the thrills and emotional resonances of Star Wars, but mining the past to build the future always comes with a cost.

Table Talk: Parasite (2019)

Anders and Aren discuss one of the year’s must see films: the latest from New Korean Cinema master, Bong Joon-ho, Parasite.

RoundtablesAnders BergstromNovember 22, 2019New Korean Cinema, South Korea, Parasite, Palme d'Or, Bong Joon-ho, Song Kang-ho, drama-thriller, black comedyComment

Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999)

Twenty years after it launched the Prequel Trilogy, The Phantom Menace remains a pivotal film in both the Star Wars saga and the transformation of global film culture.

Star Wars: Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure (1984)

Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure shows that not all Lucasfilm Star Wars productions can capture the same magic as the Original Trilogy, though it isn’t without some interest.