A Painful Examination of Grief
When Pansy awakes with a start early on in veteran director Mike Leigh’s new film Hard Truths, we get a close-up of her face tensed into a mask of confusion…
Motherhood’s Canine Redemption
Courage often gets confused with bravado, especially in titles. Sometimes it takes a little risk to encounter true greatness, and in the case of Marielle Heller’s new film, we hope…
The Dream of a Glass Slipper
A young exotic dancer in a higher-end strip club meets an even younger millionaire from Russia who simply requests a girl who can speak Russian. The dashing young socialite is…
SLOIFF Review: “Good Bad Things”
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…