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Review: Enemy of the State (1998)

Review: Enemy of the State (1998)

90s paranoia is now the 2010s matter of fact.

Review: Blue Ruin (2013)

Review: Blue Ruin (2013)

A precise, clever revenge thriller.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromJune 2, 2014action, Blue Ruin, Coen brothers, drama, Jeremy Saulnier, Macon Blair, No Country for Old Men, revenge thrillerComment

Review: Ida (2013)

Review: Ida (2013)

Opaque, dour, but beautiful.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromMay 16, 20141960s, Agata Kulesza, Agata Trzebuchowska, drama, Ida, nuns, Pawel Pawlikowska, Poland, World War TwoComment

HotDocs14: The Beijing Ants

HotDocs14: The Beijing Ants

Home movie approach both necessary and frustrating.

Reviews, The Festival CircuitAnton BergstromMay 1, 2014apartments, Beijing, capitalism, China, home movie, Hot Docs, HotDocs14, moving, rent, Ryuji OtsukaComment

HotDocs14: Silenced

HotDocs14: Silenced

An accessible, gripping account of US government secrecy and surveillance.

Reviews, The Festival CircuitAnton BergstromApril 30, 2014documentary, government secrecy, government surveillance, Hot Docs, HotDocs14, injustice, intelligence world, James Spione, legal battle, Silenced, USA, whistleblowersComment

HotDocs14: The Condemned

HotDocs14: The Condemned

Offers little more than the intriguing premise evokes.

Reviews, The Festival CircuitAnton BergstromApril 29, 2014crime, documentary, HotDocs, HotDocs14, HotDocs2014, murder, prison, punishment, Russia, The CondemnedComment

Review: Devils on the Doorstep (2000)

Review: Devils on the Doorstep (2000)

Jiang Wen's wise, disturbing black comedy.

Reviews, Overlooked and Under-Appreciated, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromApril 24, 2014Cannes Film Festival, China, Chinese film, Devils on the Doorstep, Grand Prix, Japan, Jiang WenComment

Review: Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)

Review: Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)

The latest entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe is also one of the best.

Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAnders BergstromApril 12, 2014action, Captain America, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Chris Evans, comic book movie, Joe and Anthony Russo, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel Studios, Robert Redford, Samuel L- Jackson, Scarlett Johansson Comment

Review: Divergent (2014)

Review: Divergent (2014)

Bloated, dull, and commercially constructed.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromApril 1, 2014actiona, adventure, Divergent, dystopia, Kate Winslet, Neil Burger, Shailene Woodley, The Hunger Games, Theo James, Veronica Roth, Young AdultComment

Review: Let the Bullets Fly (2010)

Review: Let the Bullets Fly (2010)

Allegorical satire disguised as riotous entertainment.

Reviews, Overlooked and Under-Appreciated, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromMarch 25, 2014action, allegory, China, Chow Yun-fat, comedy, communist revolution, Ge You, Hong Kong, Jiang Wen, Maoist revolution, satire, westernComment

Review: Enemy (2014)

Review: Enemy (2014)

Villeneuve channels Lynch and Cronenberg to exceptional results.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromMarch 18, 2014Canadian film, Denis Villeneuve, doppelganger, Enemy, Jake Gyllenhaal, Mélanie Laurent, mindbender, Sarah Gadon, thriller Comment

Review: 300: Rise of an Empire (2014)

Review: 300: Rise of an Empire (2014)

A vulgar, novel action film.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromMarch 14, 2014300: Rise of an Empire, action, Athenians, comic book, Eva Green, Frank Miller, Greeks, Noam Murro, Persians, Spartans, Sullivan Stapleton, Zack SnyderComment

Review: The Last of the Mohicans (1992)

Review: The Last of the Mohicans (1992)

Rousing historical adventure full of passion.

Reviews, Overlooked and Under-Appreciated, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromMarch 5, 2014adventure, Daniel Day-Lewis, historical epic, James Fenimore Cooper, Madeleine Stowe, Michael Mann, romance, The Last of the Mohicans, Wes Studi Comments

Review: Non-Stop (2014)

Review: Non-Stop (2014)

Another riotously-entertaining, quietly-intelligent entry in the Liam Neeson action hero ouevre.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromFebruary 28, 2014Liam Neeson, Julianne Moore, Scoot McNairy, Michelle Dockery, Nate Parker, Linus Roache, Corey Stoll, Lupita Nyong'o, Anson Moun, Non-Stop, Jaume Collet-Serra, John W. Richardson, Chris Roach, Ryan EngleComment

Review: The Monuments Men (2014)

Review: The Monuments Men (2014)

Well-intentioned, but devoid of character and conflict.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromFebruary 19, 2014art history, Bill Murray, Bob Balaban, Cate Blanchett, drama, George Clooney, Jean Dujardin, John Goodman, Matt Damon, Nazis, The Monuments Men, World War TwoComment

Review: The LEGO Movie (2014)

Review: The LEGO Movie (2014)

A funny, fast, madcap commercial.

Review: Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964)

Review: Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964)

Accurate and fanciful, silly and sublime.

Reviews, Overlooked and Under-AppreciatedAnton BergstromFebruary 12, 2014Adam West, Barney, Byron Haskin, Mars, Paul Mantee, Robinson Crusoe, Robinson Crusoe on Mars, science fiction, space exploration, the Woolly Monkey, Victor LundinComment

Review: Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014)

Review: Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014)

Branagh has fun with the spy formula.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromJanuary 30, 2014Chris Pine, Jack Ryan, Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, Keira Knightley, Kenneth Branagh, Kevin Costner, Russia, spy movie, thriller, Tom ClancyComment

Review: Don Jon (2013)

Review: Don Jon (2013)

A smart take on love and porn.

Reviews, The Current: At HomeAnton BergstromJanuary 29, 2014Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Julianne Moore, love, morality, pornography, relationships, romantic comedy, Scarlett Johansson, sexComment

Review: Visitors (2014)

Review: Visitors (2014)

A documentary in the spirit of "pure cinema."

Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAnders BergstromJanuary 24, 20144K, avant-garde, documentary, Dziga Vertov, godfrey reggio, infrared, Koyaanisqatsi, Man With a Movie Camera, Philip Glass, Steven Soderbergh, TIFF13, visitorsComment