Blog — 3 Brothers Film

Review: BlackBerry (2023)

Matt Johnson’s BlackBerry is a rollicking, self-aware, gutsy good time.

Review: Retrograde (2022)

Adrian Murray’s Retrograde is a subdued micro-indie that’s too limited by its style and approach.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAren BergstromMay 19, 2023Adrian Murray, Molly Reisman, Sofia Banzhaf, Bessie Cheng, Erik Anderson, Anne Archer, Peter Frangella, Retrograde, Canada, indieComment

Review: Suzume (2022)

Makoto Shinkai’s remarkable new anime, Suzume, is defined by striking visuals and a compelling blend of fantasy adventure and contemporary character drama.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAren BergstromMay 15, 2023Makoto Shinkai, Suzume, Nanoka Hara, Hokuto Matsumura, Eri Fukatsu, Shota Sometani, Sairi Ito, Kotone Hanase, Kana Hanazawa, Matsumoto Hakuo II, anime, JapanComment

Review: How to Blow Up a Pipeline (2022)

Daniel Goldhaber’s adaptation of the nonfiction book, How to Blow Up a Pipeline, works well as both a taut procedural drama and a work of moral-political questioning.

Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAnders BergstromApril 21, 2023How to Blow Up a Pipeline, Daniel Goldhaber, drama, heist, environment, politics, adaptationComment

Review: John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023)

John Wick: Chapter 4 is as much endurance test as action epic, but it still delivers the excellent action choreography we expect of the series.

Review: I Like Movies (2023)

Chander Levack’s I Like Movies is a coming-of-age film that relies on the specificity of its character and setting to compensate for its conventional narrative.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAren BergstromMarch 23, 2023I Like Movies, Chandler Levack, Isaiah Lehtinen, Romina D'Ugo, Krista Bridges, Percy Hynes White, Canadian filmComment

Review: Return to Seoul (2022)

Davy Chou’s Return to Seoul is an intimate examination of a troubled young woman.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAren BergstromMarch 17, 2023Return to Seoul, Davy Chou, Oh Kwang-rok, Guka Han, Kim Sun-young, Yoann Zimmer, Louis-Do de Lencquesaing, Cho woo-Choi, Park Ji-minComment

Review: Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023)

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania may be a departure for the series of films about the shrinking superheroes, but it embraces the all-ages pulp origins of the comics.

Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAnders BergstromMarch 9, 2023Ant-Man, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel Comics, Marvel Studios, Peyton Reed, superheroes, Kang, Jonathan Majors, Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas, Michelle PfeifferComment

Review: Creed III (2023)

Michael B. Jordan’s Creed III is another examination of what makes a man in a cinematic culture that’s hardly interested in the question.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAren BergstromMarch 3, 2023Michael B. Jordan, Keenan Coogler, Zach Baylin, Ryan Coogler, Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson, Jonathan Majors, Wood Harris, Florian Munteanu, Phylicia RashadComment

Review: Infinity Pool (2023)

Brandon Cronenberg’s Infinity Pool is a transgressive work of body horror that provides a moral critique of the elite through its shocking content.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAren BergstromFebruary 23, 2023Infinity Pool, Brandon Cronenberg, Alexander Skarsgard, Mia Goth, Cleopatra Coleman, Jalil Lespert, Amanda Brugel, John Ralston, Jeffrey Ricketts, Caroline Boulton, Thomas KretschmannComment

Review: Plane (2023)

The Gerard Butler-starring Plane is a no-frills action thriller that leans into convention to satisfying results.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAren BergstromFebruary 15, 2023Jean-François Richet, Charles Cumming, J. P. Davis, Gerard Butler, Mike Colter, Yoson An, Tony Goldwyn, Daniella Pineda, Paul Ben-Victor, PlaneComment

Review: Skinamarink (2022)

Kyle Edward Ball’s low-budget experimental horror film is a dissociative nightmare.

Aren's Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, ReviewsAren BergstromJanuary 31, 2023Skinamarink, Kyle Edward Ball, Heck, Lucas Paul, Dali Rose Tetreault, Ross Paul, Jaime Hill, horror, experimental, found-footage horrorComment

Review: Babylon (2022)

Damien Chazelle’s epic tragicomedy, Babylon, is yet another investigation of the personal cost of art and a wildly ambitious, if uneven, ode to silent cinema.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAren BergstromJanuary 26, 2023Damien Chazelle, Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Diego Calva, Jean Smart, Jovan Adepo, Li Jun Li, Babylon, Hollywood, Los Angeles, silent filmComment

Review: Broker (2022)

Hirokazu Kore-eda transforms what sounds like a dour thriller into a heartfelt examination of forgiveness and what constitutes a family.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAren BergstromJanuary 20, 2023Broker, South Korea, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Song Kang-ho, Gang Dong-won, Bae Doona, Lee Ji-eun, Lee Joo-young, Im Seung-sooComment

Review: Aftersun (2022)

Charlotte Wells’ debut feature, Aftersun, is a cinematic act of recollection and a tribute to a father she never properly understood.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAren BergstromDecember 21, 2022Aftersun, Charlotte Wells, Paul Mescal, Frankie CorioComment

Review: EO (2022)

Jerzy Skolimowski’s EO, a remake-of-sorts of Robert Bresson’s Au Hasard Balthazar, creates a portrait of animal personhood in its tale of a donkey passed between owners in modern Poland.