Blog — 3 Brothers Film

Review: Aquaman (2018)

Aquaman has a genuine sense of scale and grandeur and captures the imaginative possibility of big-budget fantasy.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromJanuary 9, 2019Aquaman, DCEU, DC Comics, James Wan, David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick, Will Beall, Jason Momoa, Amber Heard, Willem Dafoe, Patrick Wilson, Dolph Lundgren, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Temuera Morrison, Nicole KidmanComment

Aren's Top 10 Films of 2018

From Annihilation to Roma, Burning, and The Rider, Aren lists his top films of 2018.

FeaturesAren BergstromJanuary 4, 2019Top 10 Films of 2018, Best of 2018Comment

Roundtable: Christmas: The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)

The Brothers discuss the beloved Christmas classic, compare it to other adaptations of A Christmas Carol, praise Michael Caine’s performance, and explore its formal filmmaking.

Roundtables, ChristmasAnton BergstromDecember 24, 2018The Muppet Christmas Carol, Brian Henson, The Muppets, Jim Henson, Jerry Juhl, Charles Dickens, Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Michael Caine, The Great Gonzo, Fozzie Bear, Rizzo the RatComment

3 Brothers' Essential Films of 2018

The Brothers list their favourite prestige films, blockbusters, international and independent features, and documentaries of the year.

FeaturesAren BergstromDecember 24, 2018Essential Films of 2018, Best of 2018, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, BlacKkKlansman, Can You Ever Forgive Me?, First Man, First Reformed, Hereditary, Isle of Dogs, The Mule, Roma, Shoplifters, A Star Is Born, WidowsComment

David Cronenberg: Eastern Promises (2007)

Cronenberg grafts his favoured themes of body horror and metamorphosis onto the mob genre to stunning effect.

Reviews, David Cronenberg, Flash BackAnton BergstromDecember 20, 2018Eastern Promises, David Cronenberg, David Cronenberg Retrospective, London, Steven Knight, Viggo Mortensen, Naomi Watts, Vincent Cassel, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Sinéad CusackComment

Christmas: Lethal Weapon (1987)

The buddy cop classic is an exceptional action film, but it also hides a serious look at suicide and the need for family in its blockbuster antics.

Christmas, Reviews, Overlooked and Under-Appreciated, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromDecember 18, 2018Lethal Weapon, Richard Donner, Shane Black, Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Gary Busey, Mitchell Ryan, Tom Atkins, Darlene Love, Jackie Swanson, Traci WolfeComment

Christmas: Children of Men (2006)

Alfonso Cuarón’s Children of Men may seem like an unlikely Christmas movie, but this dystopian vision gets at the heart of the Christmas story.

Christmas, ReviewsAnders BergstromDecember 14, 2018Christmas, science fiction, dystopia, Alfonso Cuaron, Clive Owen, Julianne Moore, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Caine, Danny Huston, children, nativityComment

Table Talk: The Other Side of the Wind (2018*)

Anders and Aren talk about The Other Side of the Wind, the “lost” final film from the master, Orson Welles, recently available on Netflix.

RoundtablesAnders BergstromDecember 12, 2018Orson Welles, The Other Side of the Wind, lost film, art film, documentary, Peter Bogdanovich, John Huston, Oja KodarComment

David Cronenberg: A History of Violence (2005)

A History of Violence is one of the best neo-noirs of the 2000s and a perceptive deconstruction of the American hero.

Table Talk: Outlaw King (2018)

Is Netflix’s new epic, Outlaw King, both a good movie and good history? Anton and Aren discuss.

RoundtablesAnton BergstromDecember 6, 2018Outlaw King, Chris Pine, David Mackenzie, Bathsheba Doran, James MacInnes, David Harrower, Mark Bomback, Stephen Dillane, Rebecca Robin, Billy Howle, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, medieval, historical epic

Reviews: Widows (2018)

Widows is a thrilling crime film, but it also stunningly demonstrates the corruption of modern society.

David Cronenberg: Spider (2002)

In Spider, David Cronenberg offers perhaps one of his most sympathetic portraits in this literary adaptation of a tale of schizophrenia featuring a powerful performance from Ralph Fiennes.

David Cronenberg, ReviewsAnders BergstromNovember 30, 2018David Cronenberg, David Cronenberg Retrospective, Spider, Patrick McGrath, literary adaptation, mental illness, Ralph Fiennes, Miranda Richardson, Lynn Redgrave, Gabriel Byrne, drama, subjectivity, psychological thriller, schizophrenia Comments

Table Talk: Creed II (2018)

Anders and Aren discuss Creed II: the latest in the Rocky series is an enjoyable if overstuffed sequel that looks at different father and child relationships while calling back to the old Rocky films.

RoundtablesAnders BergstromNovember 29, 2018roundtable, Creed, Creed II, Michael B. Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson, Dolph Lundgren, Wood Harris, Florian Munteanu, Phylicia Rashad, Steven Caple Jr., Ryan Coogler, boxing, sports, fathers, dramaComment

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

David Cronenberg: eXistenZ (1999)

In the summer of The Matrix David Cronenberg made another virtual reality film that continued his explorations of bodies and technology, challenging our notions of the flesh and machine.

Reviews, David CronenbergAnders BergstromNovember 23, 2018David Cronenberg, David Cronenberg Retrospective, eXistenZ, Jude Law, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Don McKellar, Willem Dafoe, Sarah Polley, Ian Holm, Canadian film, science fiction, video games, virtual reality, philosophy Comment

Review: Fear and Desire (1953)

Kubrick’s first feature is an intriguing yet flawed allegorical war picture.

Reviews, Overlooked and Under-AppreciatedAnton BergstromNovember 22, 2018Stanley Kubrick, Howard Sackler, Frank Silvera, Kenneth Harp, Paul Mazursky, Stephen Coit, Virginia Leith, David Allen, Fear and Desire, war, war movie, anti-war movie, allegory, first film, low-budgetComment

Review: The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs is bleak and darkly funny Western anthology from the Coen Brothers, but doesn’t quite add up to more than the sum of its parts.