Tag: IFC Films
Scream Factory Resurrects Loved One With “Elizabeth Harvest”
Elizabeth Harvest is a science fiction reimagining of the French folktale of Bluebeard, in which a violent nobleman in the habit of murdering his wives…
Violent revenge gets unleashed during the Irish famine in “Black ’47”
Mud and misery are the backdrops of the pulpy, period revenge drama Black ’47. Set in Ireland during the potato famine of the 1840s —…
“Ophelia” Review: Here’s That Awful ‘Hamlet’ Fanfiction No One Asked For
There’s a sequence at the end of Ophelia — and don’t worry, insomuch as it’s possible to spoil the end of Hamlet, I don’t intend…
“Charlie Says” Explores the Deprogramming of the Manson Women
Between this and Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile, May 2019 is already a banner month for films unpacking the psychology of women who fall…
“Wildlife” Review: A Woman on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Don’t miss the blaze that Carey Mulligan ignites in Wildlife. The British actress gives her considerable all to the role of Jeanette Brinson, a young…
“Red Joan” Review: Not Enough Drama, or Enough Judi Dench, in British Spy Story
Our first shot of Joan Stanley (Judi Dench) in “Red Joan” is inauspicious enough. A librarian in a cozy cardigan. She’s pruning roses outside her…
The Nightingale (2018): An Uncompromising Examination Of The Evils Of Colonialism
The lone woman in competition here at the Venice Film Festival. Jennifer Kent brings her Tasmanian gothic tale The Nightingale to the Lido, a violent…
“The House that Jack Built” by Lars von Trier: The demiurge and its annoyances
Danish filmmaker Lars von Trier signs his serial-killer film that is “The House that Jack Built”, a disguised autobiography, confusing but stimulating. Legitimate culture likes…