Blog — 3 Brothers Film

TIFF18: High Life

Claire Denis’ confrontational science-fiction film has provocative imagery and an excellent Robert Pattinson performance, but it lacks cohesion and internal logic.

Reviews, The Festival Circuit, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromSeptember 15, 2018Robert Pattinson, Juliette Binoche, Mia Goth, Lars Edinger, André Benjamin, Agata Buzek, High Life, Claire Denis, Jean-Pol Fargeau, Nick Laird, Geoff Cox Comments

TIFF18: Sunset

Sunset is a masterpiece of historical filmmaking.

Reviews, The Festival Circuit, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromSeptember 13, 2018Juli Jakab, Vlad Ivanov, Evelin Dobos, Marcin Czarnik, Levente Molnár, Julia Jakubowska, László Nemes, Clara Royer, Matthieu Taponier, Sunset, TIFF18, TIFF, Toronto International Film Festival Comments

David Cronenberg: The Dead Zone (1983)

Cronenberg’s adaptation of Stephen King’s The Dead Zone is one of his more mainstream efforts, but still an enjoyable, melodrama-thriller.

David Cronenberg, ReviewsAnders BergstromSeptember 12, 2018David Cronenberg, Christopher Walken, Martin Sheen, Brooke Adams, Tom Skerritt, Nicholas Campbell, The Dead Zone, horror, Stephen King, adaptation, David Cronenberg RetrospectiveComment

TIFF18: Anthropocene: The Human Epoch

The latest documentary from Jennifer Baichwal, Nicholas de Pencier, and Edward Burtynsky is full of astounding imagery and damning environmental implications.

Reviews, The Festival Circuit, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromSeptember 7, 2018Anthropocene: The Human Epoch, Anthropocene, TIFF18, TIFF, Jennifer Baichwal, Nicholas de Pencier, Edward BurtynskyComment

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

David Cronenberg: Videodrome (1983)

This is genre fare operating at the top level in terms of both entertainment value and artistic significance.

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: War Dogs (2016)

Todd Phillips mimics the films of Martin Scorsese to get a kick out of bad behaviour without excusing it.

Reviews, Overlooked and Under-Appreciated, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromAugust 10, 2018Jonah Hill, Miles Teller, Ana de Armas, Bradley Cooper, Kevin Polla, War Dogs, Todd Phillips, Stephen Chin, Jason Smilovic, Arms and the Dudes, Guy Lawson, The HangoverComment

Roundtable: Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018)

The brothers discuss the latest film in the Mission: Impossible franchise, Fallout, focusing on the series’ impressive durability, the continuity, the stunt work, and Tom Cruise’s appeal as a movie star.

RoundtablesAren BergstromAugust 3, 2018Tom Cruise, Henry Cavill, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Sean Harris, Angela Bassett, Michelle Monaghan, Alec Baldwin, Vanessa Kirby, Wes Bentley, Mission: Impossible, Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation, Mission: Impossible — Fallout, Mission: Impossible — Ghost ProtocolComment

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

David Cronenberg: Scanners (1981)

Anders takes a look at Cronenberg’s enduring science fiction thriller, Scanners: it’s more than just exploding heads.

Reviews, David Cronenberg, Flash BackAnders BergstromJuly 27, 2018Scanners, David Cronenberg, David Cronenberg Retrospective, science fiction horror, science fiction, thriller, Michael Ironside, Stephen Lack, Patrick McGoohan, Jennifer O'Neill, Canadian film Comment

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

On Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Genre Reflections, and the Franchise Reboot

Anton explores the dinosaur franchise, its science fiction themes, and the nature of the reboot.

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.