FILM REVIEWS

Kate Winslet outshines herself in Labor Day

Kate Winslet outshines herself in Labor Day

Joyce Glasser reviews Labor Day (March 21, 2014) Cert 12A, 112 min. Since 2005, writer/director Jason Reitman has made three very good, culturally significant, humorous and highly original films (Than ...
Fascinating war torn film The Rocket

Fascinating war torn film The Rocket

Though first-time feature Writer/Director Kim Mordaunt is an Australian documentary filmmaker and actor, The Rocket just might be the beginning of the Laotian film industry.  While no one is holding t ...
A fascinating restoration of Wake in Fright

A fascinating restoration of Wake in Fright

Joyce Glasser reviews Wake in Fright (re-release, March, 2014) The history of Canadian director Ted Kotcheff’s 1971 psychological thriller Wake in Fright is almost as fascinating as the film itself.  ...