Blog — 3 Brothers Film

Review: Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018)

Can You Ever Forgive Me? proves the maxim that all it takes to make a good movie is a compelling story and some good actors in the lead.

The Current: In Theatres, Reviews, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromNovember 28, 2018Can You Ever Forgive Me?, Marielle Heller, Nicole Holofcener, Jeff Whitty, Lee Israel, Melissa McCarthy, Richard E. Grant, Dolly Wells, Jane Curtin, Anna Deavere Smith, Stephen SpinellaComment

Review: Suspiria (2018)

Drab, silly, and oh so literal, Luca Guadagnino’s remake of the Dario Argento horror film makes all the wrong choices.

Review: The Sisters Brothers (2018)

Jacques Audiard’s film is a worthwhile adaptation of Patrick deWitt’s bestselling novel, even if its tone is occasionally off-putting.

Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAren BergstromNovember 2, 2018The Sisters Brothers, Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain, Patrick deWitt, John C. Reilly, Joaquin Phoenix, Jake Gyllenhaal, Riz Ahmed, Rutger Hauer, Carol Kane, Rebecca Root, Allison TolmanComment

Review: BlacKkKlansman (2018)

Spike Lee’s newest joint isn’t just a great entertainment, but a self-aware exploration of double consciousness and white supremacy in America. One of the year’s best films

The Current: In Theatres, ReviewsAnders BergstromOctober 4, 2018BlacKkKlansman, Spike Lee, Adam Driver, John David Washington, Laura Harrier, Topher Grace, African American cinema, Birth of a Nation, white supremacy, Harry Belafonte, police procedural, crime drama, AmericaComment

Review: Three Identical Strangers (2018)

Tim Wardle’s documentary pulls the rug out from under the audience while perceptively examining nature vs nurture.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromAugust 31, 2018Three Identical Strangers, Tim Wardle, David Kellman, Bobby Shafran, Eddy GallandComment

Review: Eighth Grade (2018)

Bo Burnham’s directorial debut captures essential truths about the awkwardness of adolescence.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromAugust 17, 2018Bo Burnham, Elsie Fisher, Josh Hamilton, Emily Robinson, Jake Ryan, Fred Hechinger, Eighth GradeComment

Review: Sorry to Bother You (2018)

Boots Riley’s economic and racial satire is ambitious yet unfocused, and ultimately undone by its ideological preoccupations.

The Current: In Theatres, Reviews, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromJuly 31, 2018Lakeith Stanfield, Tessa Thompson, Jermaine Fowler, Omari Hardwick, Terry Crews, Patton Oswalt, David Cross, Danny Glover, Steven Yeun, Armie Hamme, Boots Riley, Sorry to Bother YouComment

Review: Leave No Trace (2018)

This is a quiet drama with fabulous performances and an uncanny attention to detail.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromJuly 20, 2018Debra Granik, Leave No Trace, Anne Rosellini, Peter Rock, Ben Foster, Thomasin McKenzie, Jeff Kober, Dale DickeyComment

Review: Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018)

Sicario: Day of the Soldado is an unnecessary sequel and a step-down from its predecessor, but it’s still an effective action film and a complex look at the drug war.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromJuly 10, 2018Stefano Sollima, Taylor Sheridan, Benicio del Toro, Josh Brolin, Isabela Moner, Jeffrey Donovan, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Elijah Rodriguez, Matthew Modine, Catherine Keener, SicarioComment

Review: Tag (2018)

Diverting like a childhood game, but also essentially meaningless.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromJune 29, 2018Ed Helms, Jake Johnson, Annabelle Wallis, Hannibal Buress, Isla Fisher, Rashida Jones, Leslie Bibb, Jon Hamm, Jeremy Renner, Jeff Tomsic, Rob McKittrick, Mark Steilen, Tag, Russell AdamsComment

Review: Deadpool 2 (2018)

Ignore the faux-transgressive humour. Deadpool 2 is as tired and generic a superhero film as you can get.

Review: A Quiet Place (2018)

A Quiet Place is a competent sci-fi horror film with a novel premise.

Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAnton BergstromJune 8, 2018A Quiet Place, John Krasinski, Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe, Bryan Woods, Scott Beck, science, science fiction horror, horror, suspense, alien invasion, deaf, quiet, post-apocalypticComment

Review: The Rider (2017)

This blend of documentary and fiction about an injured rodeo rider is one of the best American indies of recent years.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromMay 18, 2018The Rider, Chloé Zhao, Brady Jandreau, Tim Jandraeu, Lilly Jandreau, Lane Scott, Cat CliffordComment

Review: Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

Thanos’s quest for the Infinity Stones comes to the screen in a blockbuster entertainment that challenges the very notion and coherence of considering these as traditional cinematic stories.

Review: Game Night (2018)

A legitimately good movie in addition to being a funny and clever one.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromApril 27, 2018Jason Bateman, Rachel McAdams, Billy Magnussen, Sharon Horgan, Lamorne Morris, Kylie Bunbury, Jesse Plemons, Michael C. Hall, Kyle Chandler, John Francis Daley, Jonathan Goldstein, Mark Perez, Game NightComment

Review: You Were Never Really Here (2018)

Lynne Ramsay's latest is a tedious bore that wastes a great actor and indulges in the worst impulses of art-film storytelling.

The Current: In Theatres, Reviews, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromApril 20, 2018Joaquin Phoenix, Ekaterina Samsonov, Alex Manette, John Doman, Judith Roberts, Alessandro Nivola, Frank Pando, Lynne Ramsay, Jonathan Ames, You Were Never Really HereComment

Review: Annihilation (2018)

Ex Machina was a promising debut and a superior work of science-fiction, but Annihilation is on a whole other level.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromMarch 16, 2018Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gina Rodriguez, Tessa Thompson, Tuva Novotny, Benedict Wong, Oscar Isaac, Alex Garland, Jeff VanderMeer, Annihilation, Ex MachinaComment

Review: Mary and the Witch's Flower (2017)

If you were charmed by the adventures of Kiki and Chihiro and Mei and Satsuki in the films of Studio Ghibli, the adventure of Mary and the cat Tib will delight you.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromMarch 14, 2018Ruby Barnhill, Louis Ashbourne Serkis, Kate Winslet, Jim Broadbent, Ewen Bremner, Hiromasa Yonebayashi, Riko Sakaguchi, Mary and the Witch's Flower, Studio Ponoc, Studio GhibliComment

Review: Black Panther (2018)

It never breaks free of the confines of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but Black Panther is exciting and dramatically-rich in ways few MCU films are.

Review: The 15:17 to Paris (2018)

This is a bizarre film, but one that confronts reality in often-fascinating ways.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromFebruary 19, 2018Spencer Stone, Anthony Sadler, Alek Skarlatos, Judy Greer, Jenna Fischer, Clint Eastwood, Dorothy Blyskal, Jeffrey E. Stern, The 15:17 to ParisComment