Articles by Robert Bell

River

Jamie M. Dagg

PUBLISHED Sep 16, 2015

Please note that only capsule reviews are authorized for this title until its theatrical release.   Jamie M. Dagg's somewhat xenophobic sit...

Truman

Cesc Gay

PUBLISHED Sep 16, 2015

Fifteen years ago, Spanish director Cesc Gay made a minor international splash — mostly within the lexicon of queer cinema — wi...

My Name is Emily

Simon Fitzmaurice

PUBLISHED Sep 15, 2015

Though comparisons are often considered bad form, it's hard not to acknowledge the structural and thematic similarities between Simon Fitzm...

Our Last Tango

German Kral

PUBLISHED Sep 15, 2015

Though he was born and raised in Buenos Aires, documentarian German Kral has remained in Germany, where he went to study film back in 1991....

Der Nachtmahr

Akiz

PUBLISHED Sep 15, 2015

Before Der Nachtmahr immerses us in a party scene dynamic, complete with strobe lights, aggressive, blaring techno and an abundance of inte...

Freeheld

Peter Sollett

PUBLISHED Sep 15, 2015

In 2004, New Jersey passed the Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act, which allowed gay and lesbian couples to pass on their be...

Gotham: The Complete First Season

PUBLISHED Sep 15, 2015

In theory, Gotham should be a great show. These characters, most of whom fall and fail by the time Batman rises in a future outside of the...

Louder Than Bombs

Joachim Trier

PUBLISHED Sep 14, 2015

About halfway through Joachim Trier's English language directorial debut, Louder Than Bombs, new father Jonah (Jesse Eisenberg), a young ma...