Blog — 3 Brothers Film

Roundtable: Solo (2018)

The brothers discuss Solo and its reception and place in the ongoing Star Wars series.

RoundtablesAnders BergstromJune 5, 2018Star Wars, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Lawrence Kasdan, Ron Howard, Alden Ehrenreich, Emelia Clarke, Han Solo, Disney, science fiction, Woody Harrelson, Thandie Newton, Donald GloverComment

David Cronenberg: Fast Company (1979)

While Fast Company is a radical departure for Cronenberg, it’s also a confidently-made and satisfying B-movie about drag racing.

David Cronenberg, Reviews, Overlooked and Under-Appreciated, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromMay 30, 2018William Smith, Claudia Jennings, John Saxon, Nicholas Campbell, Cedric Smith, David Cronenberg, Phil Savath, Courtney Smith, Fast Company, David Cronenberg Retrospective Comments

Hot Docs 2018: The Cleaners

Interesting but scattered, The Cleaners shows us the hidden workers who monitor all the content people try to post to social media platforms.

The Festival Circuit, ReviewsAnton BergstromMay 25, 2018Hot Docs, Hot Docs 2018, social media, Facebook, YouTube, censorship, the Internet, The Philippines, documentaryComment

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.

David Cronenberg: Rabid (1977)

Rabid shows Cronenberg refining and developing his unique style of body-horror in this cult-classic film about a vampiric-epidemic in Montreal.

David Cronenberg, Reviews, Overlooked and Under-AppreciatedAnders BergstromMay 11, 2018Rabid, Shivers, David Cronenberg, body horror, horror, sex, Marilyn Chambers, Canada, Montreal, Quebec, Cronenberg on CronenbergComment

Review: Brigsby Bear (2017)

Brigsby Bear plays like a smash-up between Be Kind, Rewind and Room, although it’s not half as interesting as that bizarre remix sounds.

Reviews, Aren's Reviews, The Current: At HomeAren BergstromMay 4, 2018Kyle Mooney, Mark Hamill, Greg Kinnear, Matt Walsh, Michaela Watkins, Ryan Simpkins, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., Andy Samberg, Jane Adams, Claire Dane, Kevin Costello, Dave McCary, Brigsby BearComment

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

Remembering Isao Takahata

Aren reflects on the passing of Isao Takahata and discusses his immense contributions to animation.

FeaturesAren BergstromApril 18, 2018Isao Takahata, Gauche the Cellist, Only Yesterday, Studio Ghibli, Hayao Miyazaki, Grave of the Fireflies, Horus, Horus Prince of the Sun, Pom Poko, My Neighors the Yamadas, The Tale of The Princess KaguyaComment

David Cronenberg: Shivers (1975)

Shivers proves Cronenberg capable of conjuring conventionally-appealing entertainment that still has the capacity to shock with its imagery and dazzle with its ideas.

David Cronenberg, Reviews, Overlooked and Under-Appreciated, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromApril 11, 2018Paul Hampton, Joe Silver, Lynn Lowry, Alan Migicovsky, Susan Petrie, Barbara Steele, Ron Mlodzik, David Cronenberg, ShiversComment

The Last Temptation of Luke Skywalker

Anders revisits the fandom-splitting film and considers its treatment of the Star Wars myth. Is it actually Rian Johnson's reverent tribute to Lucas's series?

Essays, Movies TodayAnders BergstromApril 6, 2018Star Wars, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Luke Skywalker, Rian Johnson, myth, King Arthur, Daisy RidleyComment

Review: Darkest Hour (2017)

Splendid parts, but mostly conventional, with one egregious miscalculation.

Reviews, The Current: At HomeAnton BergstromApril 5, 2018Darkest Hour, Joe Wright, Anthony McCarten, Gary Oldman, Kristin Scott Thomas, Lily James, Stephen Dillane, Ronald Pickup, Ben Mendelsohn, World War II, politics, war movie, British, Winston Churchill, DunkirkComment

Review: The Ninth Configuration (1980)

Anders discovers and digs into William Peter Blatty's exploration of faith, despair, and madness.

Reviews, Overlooked and Under-AppreciatedAnders BergstromMarch 30, 2018The Ninth Configuration, William Peter Blatty, The Exorcist, existentialism, Catholicism, Jason Miller, Stacy Keach, Scott Wilson, Ed Flanders, horror, drama, psychological horrorComment

Review: It Comes at Night (2017)

It Comes at Night is often beautiful and atmospheric and interesting, but it is not scary and it is not exciting.

Reviews, Aren's Reviews, The Current: At HomeAren BergstromMarch 29, 2018Joel Edgerton, Christopher Abbott, Carmen Ejogo, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Riley Keough, Griffin Robert Faulkner, It Comes at Night, Trey Edward ShultsComment

David Cronenberg: Secret Weapons (Programme X, 1972)

Secret Weapons is a failed experiment, but like most failed experiments, the recipe for future success is present in its dysfunction.

Review: Grimsby (2016)

Disgusting, ungainly, and offensive to every shred of decency a person may have. But also extremely funny.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: At HomeAren BergstromMarch 23, 2018Grimsby, Sacha Baron Cohen, Mark Strong, Rebel Wilson, Penélope Cruz, Isla Fisher, Gabourey Sidibe, Louis Leterrier, Phil Johnston, Peter BaynhamComment

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

David Cronenberg: Crimes of the Future (1970)

Crimes of the Future is a clear progression of the experimental filmmaking of Stereo and a stepping-stone towards the sexual body horror of Shivers.

David Cronenberg, Flash Back, Reviews, Aren's Reviews, Most PopularAren BergstromMarch 9, 2018Ron Mlodzik, Jon Lidolt, Tania Zolty, Jack Messinger, Paul Mulholland, William Haslam, William Poolman, David Cronenberg, Crimes of the FutureComment