The Endless (2018; Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead) GRADE: B By Daniel Barnes *Opens Friday, April 20, at the Alamo Drafthouse New Mission in San Francisco and the Rialto Cinemas Elmwood in Berkeley. Another super-intriguing, shoegazing, almost-there slice of genre revision from the directors of Spring. Directing partners Justin Benson […]
Rams (2016; Grímur Hákonarson) GRADE: B+ By Daniel Barnes A prime Best Foreign Language Film Oscar snub now getting dumped pre-Oscars into an Opera Plaza bandbox, Rams is still smarter and more surprising than most of the actual nominees in that category. In an isolated valley in Iceland, sheep […]
The Mend (2015; John Magary) GRADE: A- By Daniel Barnes “Tense and Liberated” From where in the wide world of fucks did this crazy thing come? First-time writer-director John Magary makes an exhilarating debut with The Mend. This NYC-based comedy of ill manners exudes weird, nervous energy from […]
