• LET THE RIGHT ONE IN

" I loved this story and I loved the balance Alfredsson maintained throughout the film.  Oskar and Eli are both outcasts but due to different circumstances—- one is a dork and the other is, well, a vampire.  They both want blood for different reasons, and this is where the tension lies "

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• LOKAS

" I wanted to love this one.  Really.  But I didn’t, Blanche—I didn’t!  Not that it’s bad.  Lokas is a cute, upbeat comedy with a lesson for y’all and a little romance thrown in for good measure. "

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• BERLIN, FIRST OF MAY

"Berlin: Mai 1* meanders a bit at times, especially the sequence with Pelle and his friend.  Despite that, it remains thoroughly gripping and is never predictable.  It sucks you in from the beginning and keeps you ..."

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IDIOTS AND ANGELS

"Idiots and Angels* could be a comment on many things-- good and evil, human nature, honesty, love, beauty, or all of the above.  Regardless, it will leave you pondering it.  There’s no dialogue, and the animation is that shaky, fuzzy seventies-style ..."

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ABSURDISTAN

" I loved every minute of ABSURDISTAN.  It’s colorful and fun, highly imaginative, very well crafted, and beautifully filmed.  It has the same surreal feel of a Jeunet work (DELICATESSAN, AMELIE), and is just as whimsical.  The story plays out like a (deceptively) simple fable..."

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BEAUTIFUL

"Beautiful is not for everyone.  To say most people probably will find it disturbing is an understatement.  Comparatively speaking, this is not a violent film.  The rape itself is left to the imagination, and even the few bloody scenes are not gory.  What’s truly disturbing..."

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WENDY AND LUCY

"Williams nails Wendy’s skittishness so well, you actually feel her clumsy discomfort with each encounter.  You also feel Wendy’s desperation when Williams turns on the tears.  Wally Dalton is excellent as a dull-witted, grandfatherly security guard.  His optimistic temperament and subtly dry..."

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DELTA

"Delta is dark.  Crammed with uncomfortable moments, it depicts the worst of humanity: groupthink, righteousness, vengeance, brutality.  Despite its potential for an intense film, Mundruczo’s subject matter is far more compelling than his treatment of it."

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