Leave No Trace - SIFF 2018 Capsule Review

The Movie: Leave No Trace

The Director: Debra Granik

The Cast: Ben Foster, Thomasin McKenzie, Jeff Korber, Dale Dickey

The Story: A father and his thirteen year-old daughter are living in an ideal existence in a vast urban park in Portland, Oregon, when a small mistake derails their lives forever.

Hell or High Water - Movie Review

Hell or High Water was directed by David MacKenzie from a screenplay written by Taylor Sheridan (Sicario). The film, starring Chris Pine, Ben Foster, Jeff Bridges, and Gil Birmingham, follows two brothers as they execute a scheme to keep from losing their family ranch and the pair of Texas Rangers who are hot on their trail.

Teddy Bears (SIFF 2013) - Movie Review

Teddy Bears is a movie written, produced, and directed, by Thomas Beatty (along with co-director Rebecca Fishman) and features a relatively unknown cast including David Krumholtz, Melanie Lynskey, and Ahna O'Reilly as well as Beatty's own father, Ned Beatty. This is more than your standard tale of love between long time friends as the concept is taken to the extreme when one member of a vacationing group proposes an orgy to help him get through a personal crisis.

Iron Man 3 - Movie Review

Phase Two of the Marvel Cinematic Universe is officially underway with the release of Iron Man 3 as Robert Downey Jr, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Don Cheadle all return to the franchise that started it all. Shane Black has taken over directing duties while Guy Pearce, Ben Kingsley, and Rebecca Hall have all been added to the star studded cast.