“Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat” Is Riveting
How do you combine performances of the greatest jazz artists of the 20th century with 1960s geopolitical African history? Belgian director Johan Grimonprez has done exactly that in a riveting…
SLOIFF Review: “Made in Ethiopia”
The San Luis Obispo International Film Festival has given SLO Review the opportunity to preview some of the narrative and documentary films on the festival's April 24-29, 2025 program schedule.…
SLOIFF Review: “The Players”
The San Luis Obispo International Film Festival has given SLO Review the opportunity to preview some of the narrative and documentary films on the festival's April 24-29, 2025 program schedule.…
“I’m Still Here” Is Both Moving and Informative
From the late 1960s to the early 1980s, Brazil was governed by a far-right military dictatorship. Rulers enforced strict censorship, reduced freedom of speech, and imprisoned, tortured, and killed many…
Brutal Breeds “The Brutalist”
The Brutalist—a three-part, three-and-a-half-hour film depicting the life of a Hungarian-Jewish immigrant architect—covers a lot of ground. It starts with his entry into the United States (fresh from the Holocaust),…
CFF Review: “Reflections in a Room”
The Cambria Film Festival, running February 5-9, has given SLO Review the opportunity to preview many of the more than 80 full-length and short films that make up its 2025…
“Oh, Canada” Gives Us Great Acting
In Oh, Canada, director/screenwriter Paul Schrader has given his actors a stage on which to show their skills. The 95-minute film depicts an aging documentarian, Leo Fife (portrayed by Richard…
Friendship in Final Days
In his first English language film, the Spanish writer/director Pedro Almodóvar presents a tale of friendship between two women as they together confront the near and expected death of one…
Still Unknown
In the new Bob Dylan biopic, co-writers James Mangold and Jay Cocks present the young singer/songwriter's first years in the American folk music world of the early 1960s. The subject…
SLOIFF Review: “Mr. Blake at Your Service”
The San Luis Obispo International Film Festival has given SLO Review the opportunity to review some of the narrative and documentary feature films on its 2024 program schedule. Follow the…