Blog — 3 Brothers Film

Review: Marriage Story (2019)

Marriage Story is the gentlest film Noah Baumbach has made.

Reviews, Aren's Reviews, The Current: At HomeAren BergstromJanuary 24, 2020Marriage Story, Noah Baumbach, Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson, Laura Dern, Alan Alda, Ray Liotta, Azhy Robertson, Julie Hagerty, Merritt Wever, Mark O'BrienComment

Review: 1917 (2019)

Sam Mendes’s one-shot WWI epic is a stunning technical achievement, but its central gimmick limits its overall effect.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromJanuary 13, 20201917, Sam Mendes, Krysty Wilson-Cairns, George MacKay, Dean-Charles Chapman, Mark Strong, Andrew Scott, Richard Madden, Clarie Duburcq, Colin Firth, Benedict Cumberbatch Comment

Christmas: Die Hard (1988)

Die Hard is the definitive action film of the 1980s and a quintessential Christmas story about a family coming together.

Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)

Like an Expanded Universe novel, Solo opens up the Star Wars world in imaginative, if inessential, ways.

Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)

Rian Johnson’s idiosyncratic middle chapter subverts our narrative expectations in order to explore the core of what he thinks Star Wars is all about.

Review: A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019)

Marielle Heller’s film challenges us to become better people much as Fred Rogers’ show did.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromDecember 10, 2019A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, Marielle Heller, Micah Fitzerman-Blue, Noah Harpster, Tom Junod, Tom Hanks, Matthew Rhys, Susan Kelechi Watson, Chris CooperComment

Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008)

Star Wars: The Clone Wars explores the development of Anakin Skywalker while laying the groundwork for the popular television series.

Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005)

With his final film in the Star Wars saga, George Lucas creates a shocking, beautiful tragedy.

Reviews, Star Wars, Overlooked and Under-Appreciated, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromDecember 5, 2019Star Wars Retrospective, Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith, Star Wars, George Lucas, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Hayden Christensen, Ian McDiarmid, Samuel L. Jackson, Christopher Lee, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, Frank OzComment

Review: Pain and Glory (2019)

Pedro Almodóvar extends grace to those in his life in this beautiful autofiction.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromNovember 26, 2019Pain and Glory, Pedro Almodóvar, Antonio Banderas, Asier Etxeandia, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Nora Navas, Julieta Serrano, Asier Flores, Penelope CruzComment

Review: Terminator: Dark Fate (2019)

Dark Fate takes the franchise back to basics.

Review: The Lighthouse (2019)

Robert Eggers’ follow-up to The Witch is a hilarious, nightmarish marvel.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromNovember 8, 2019The Lighthouse, Robert Eggers, Max Eggers, Willem Dafoe, Robert PattinsonComment

Halloween Horror: The Hills Have Eyes (1977)

Wes Craven’s The Hills Have Eyes has a grimy atmosphere, nasty deaths, and a simmering subtext of class rage

Star Wars: Ewoks: The Battle for Endor (1985)

The second Ewoks spin-off film, The Battle for Endor, learns from the mistakes of its predecessor while relying heavily on fantasy conventions and parallels to the Original Trilogy.

Review: Ad Astra (2019)

James Gray’s Ad Astra is a stunning example of science-fiction worldbuilding, even if its philosophical view of the cosmos is surprisingly reductive.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromOctober 24, 2019Ad Astra, James Gray, Ethan Gross, Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones, Ruth Negga, Liv Tyler, Donald Sutherland, John Ortiz, Greg Bryk, Loren Dean, Natasha LyonneComment

Halloween Horror: Christine (1983)

Christine finds John Carpenter working at the height of his formal powers, transforming a ridiculous concept into a thrilling film.

Reviews, Overlooked and Under-Appreciated, Aren's Reviews, Halloween Horror IIAren BergstromOctober 22, 2019Christine, John Carpenter, Bill Phillips, Stephen King, Keith Gordon, John Stockwell, Alexandra Paul, Robert Prosky, Harry Dean Stanton, Christine Belford, Robert BlossomComment

Planet in Focus 2019: The Last Male on Earth

A quietly critical documentary exploring the spectacle around Sudan, the last male Northern White Rhino who died in 2018.

Reviews, The Festival Circuit, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromOctober 17, 2019The Last Male on Earth, Planet in Focus, Planet in Focus 2019, Floor van der Meulen, Renko Douze, SudanComment

Planet in Focus 2019: Earth

Earth is visually arresting, but also repetitive, which dulls its overall message.

Reviews, The Festival Circuit, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromOctober 15, 2019Nikolaus Geyrhalter, Earth, Planet in Focus 2019, Planet in FocusComment

Review: Joker (2019)

Todd Phillips and Joaquin Phoenix weaponize our familiarity with comic book narratives to paint a portrait of personal evil and social dysfunction.

Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983)

Return of the Jedi is both a technological marvel and one of cinema’s most powerful redemption narratives.

TIFF19: Uncut Gems

The Safdie Brothers continue to mine chaos and momentum in the riveting Uncut Gems.

Reviews, The Festival Circuit, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromSeptember 18, 2019Josh Safdie, Benny Safdie, Ronald Bronstein, Adam Sandler, Lakeith Stanfield, Julia Fox, Kevin Garnett, Idina Menzel, Judd Hirsch, Eric BogosianComment