Yearly Archives: 2023

Carbon Arc Cinema review: Rose

I am the Artistic Director at Carbon Arc Cinema, part of a group of programmers who choose the films we screen. This weekend we're screening Rose, a Danish film set in France, on Friday, and an encore screening of Fallen Leaves on Saturday.   Written and Directed by Niels Arden Oplev  | 106 min | Carbon…Read More

Maestro review — Bradley Cooper’s potent, flawed Bernstein biopic gives Carey Mulligan a powerful solo

Directed by Bradley Cooper | Written by Cooper and Josh Singer | 129 min | ▲▲▲▲△ |  Netflix Here's a film that's gorgeous to see, to hear, and featuring at least one remarkable performance, but is occasionally undermined by some counterintuitive narrative and directorial choices. Its leading actor, writer, and director steps up, swings, and…Read More

Carbon Arc Cinema review: Once You Know

I am the Artistic Director at Carbon Arc Cinema, part of a group of programmers who choose the films we screen. This weekend we're screening a 4K restoration of Guy Maddin's 1990 film, Archangel, and a documentary from 2020, largely in French, called Once You Know. Directed by Emmanuel Cappellin | 104 min | Carbon Arc…Read More