Tag: neonoir
ONLY THE RIVER FLOWS Review: Finding Acceptable Truth
Directed by Wei Shujun, the Chinese murder mystery questions what is considered truth in our complicated modern society.
Melbourne 2018 Review: WRATH OF SILENCE Violently Twists and Turns an Epic Tragedy
Genre influenced festival fare from China keeps on impressing, and Wrath of Silence may be the best, and most commercially friendly of recent efforts yet. This is the kind of film that grips you, and long after seeing it, parts...
Review: A MOST VIOLENT YEAR Slow-Burns With Quality
Lurking modestly in the fringes of film awards season, we have this: an accomplished, dignified, slow-burn of a film. A Most Violent Year is a crime film, a crumbling family drama, an unexpected character study, and an art house pot-boiler....
LA Film Fest 2014 Review: Cross-Cultural Mystery MAN FROM RENO Both Delivers And Disappoints
Touted as a thriller leading up to its world premiere last Sunday at the LA Film Fest, Dave Boyle's fifth feature is, in many ways both refreshing and frustrating, far less a typical pulse pounding number, and more a good...