Free State of Jones
"Director Gary Ross takes an exciting story about a man standing up against tyranny and squeezes in so many lessons... about equality that the whole film loses its way." [...]
War
Son of Saul
"'Son of Saul''s peculiar narrative strain and its wonderfully wrought perspective make it both brutal and bleak in an entirely different way." [...]
Eye in the Sky
"Whilst not revolutionary, it is a taut, well-acted knuckle grinder that presents a situation without a slanted frame of mind." [...]
Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom
"'Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom' does an adequate job of telling the story of a people’s revolution from the people’s point of view, but as a documentary it could have done more to relate the events and their importance to an outsider." [...]
Tae Guk Gi (The Brotherhood of War)
"'Tae Guk Gi' is that rare kind of movie that depicts unspeakable horror while following an emotional family drama." [...]
Beasts of No Nation
"Movies like 'Beasts of No Nation' remind us that there is a world out there, and it’s a very grim one indeed." [...]