Blog — 3 Brothers Film

Review: The Bikeriders (2023)

Like a Midwestern, biker-focused Goodfellas, The Bikeriders is a fun hangout movie, but somewhat unfocused in its narrative ambitions.

Review: Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024)

The vulgar, entertaining spirit of Michael Bay is alive and well in this third sequel in the Bad Bays franchise.

Review: Evil Does Not Exist (2023)

Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s follow-up to Drive My Car is a beguiling nature drama.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAren BergstromJune 21, 2024Evil Does Not Exist, Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Hitoshi Omika, Ryo Nishikawa, Ryuji Kosaka, Ayaka ShibutaniComment

Review: Overlord (1975)

Stuart Cooper’s Overlord is a seamless blend of fact and fiction and one of the definitive World War II movies.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, Overlooked and Under-AppreciatedAren BergstromJune 11, 2024Overlord, D-Day, Stuart Cooper, World War II, Christopher Hudson, Brian Stirner, Davyd Harries, Nicholas Ball, Julie NeesamComment

Review: Hit Man (2023)

Richard Linklater’s Hit Man starring Glen Powell is a hilarious cross between film noir and romantic comedy.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAren BergstromMay 30, 2024Hit Man, Richard Linklater, Glen Powell, Skip Hollandsworth, Adria Arjona, Austin Amelio, Retta, Sanjay Rao, Evan Holtzman, Molly BernardComment

Review: Challengers (2024)

Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers is a fun, sexy good time that showcases star power and style.

Aren's Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, ReviewsAren BergstromMay 24, 2024Luca Guadagnino, Justin Kuritzkes, Zendaya, Josh O'Connor, Mike FaistComment

Hot Docs 2024: The Wasp and the Orchid

The Wasp and the Orchid is an intriguing first-person account of the migration crisis hitting Europe and Africa.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Festival CircuitAren BergstromMay 8, 2024Tunisia, France, The Wasp and the Orchid, Saber Zammouri, Hot Docs, Hot Docs 2024Comment

Hot Docs 2024: Fire Tower

Fire Tower is a pleasant, instructive film that showcases a unique occupation and the eccentric individuals that pursue it.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Festival CircuitAren BergstromMay 7, 2024Hot Docs, Hot Docs 2024, Fire Tower, Tova Krentzman, documentaryComment

Hot Docs 2024: Rising Up at Night

Rising Up at Night has striking footage of the DRC’s capital, Kinshasa, but its editorial approach is muddled.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Festival CircuitAren BergstromMay 6, 2024Rising Up at Night, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Hot Docs, Hot Docs 2024Comment

Hot Docs 2024: Porcelain War

Porcelain War is beautiful propaganda, but propaganda nevertheless.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Festival CircuitAren BergstromMay 3, 2024Hot Docs, Hot Docs 2024, Brendan Bellomo, Slava Leontyev, Porcelain War, Russia, UkraineComment

Hot Docs 2024: The Fabulous Gold Harvesting Machine

This well-meaning documentary never justifies its feature length or the specific focus of its narrative.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Festival CircuitAren BergstromMay 2, 2024Hot Docs 2024, Hot Docs, The Fabulous Gold Harvesting Machine, Alfredo Pourailly De La PlazaComment

Hot Docs 2024: Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger

Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger is an interesting primer on the works of these great directors, as well as an insightful window into the artistic journey of Martin Scorsese.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Festival CircuitAren BergstromApril 29, 2024Made in England The Films of Powell and Pressburger, Martin Scorsese, Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger, David Hinton, The ArchersComment

Hot Docs 2024: Agent of Happiness

Agent of Happiness shows the process behind Bhutan’s Gross National Happiness and interrogates the very notion of what composes a happy life.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Festival CircuitAren BergstromApril 29, 2024Agent of Happiness, Bhutan, Arun Bhattarai, Dorottya Zurbo, Hot Docs 2024, Hot DocsComment

Review: The Beast (2023)

Bertrand Bonello’s The Beast starring Lea Seydoux and George MacKay is a fascinating, messy film that imagines a captivating romance and an intriguing, if not entirely credible, future.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAren BergstromApril 25, 2024Bertrand Bonello, Guillaume Breaud, Benjamin Charbit, The Beast in the Jungle, Henry Miller, Lea Seydoux, George MacKay, Guslagie Malanda, Dasha Nekrasova, The BeastComment

Review: Late Night with the Devil (2023)

Colin and Cameron Cairnes’ Late Night with the Devil has a brilliant stylistic conceit that makes it a compelling take on the found-footage horror subgenre.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAren BergstromApril 12, 2024Late Night with the Devil, Colin Cairnes, Cameron Cairnes, Colin and Cameron Cairnes, David Dastmalchian, Laura Gordon, Ian Bliss, Fayssal Bazzi, Ingrid Torelli, Rhys Auteri, Georgina Haig, Josh Quong TartComment

Review: The Departed (2006)

The narrative surrounding its Oscar win and its reputation as a crime flick have come to mask what a remarkable work The Departed is.

Aren's Reviews, Flash Back, ReviewsAren BergstromApril 5, 2024The Departed, Martin Scorsese, William Monahan, Infernal Affairs, Alan Mak, Felix Chong, Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg, Martin Sheen, Ray Winstone, Vera Farmiga, Alec BaldwinComment

Review: Out of Africa (1985)

Sydney Pollack’s Best Picture winner feels like a film of a different age, and is all the better for it.

Aren's Reviews, Overlooked and Under-Appreciated, ReviewsAren BergstromMarch 18, 2024Out of Africa, Sydney Pollack, Kurt Luedtke, Isak Dinesen, Karen Blixen, Judith Thurman, Robert Redford, Meryl Streep, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Michael Kitchen, Shane RimmerComment

Review: Seagrass (2023)

Seagrass is ultimately compelling because there are enough moments of artistic expression and perceptive character building to balance the more didactic storytelling.