All posts by Michael Haffner
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HEREDITARY – Review
The camera pulls back from a modern treehouse that’s framed perfectly by a window frame. This is followed...
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SUPER TROOPERS 2 – Review
How many penis jokes can you fit into a film? SUPER TROOPERS 2 tries to answer the question...
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A QUIET PLACE – Review
After the lights went down in the theater and the names of the production studios passed by, the...
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TOMB RAIDER – Review
Between the evil Japanese spirit, hidden tomb, and mysterious puzzles, TOMB RAIDER has all of the trappings that...
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True/False Film Fest 2018: THE PRICE OF EVERYTHING
Where does art exist? If it sounds like a trick question it’s because it is. It begins in...
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True/False Film Fest 2018: WON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR?
“You know everyone has lots of ways of feeling, and all those ways of feeling are fine. It’s...
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RED SPARROW – Review
Sparrows are said to be social creatures. They live in colonies, flocks with others. In addition, sparrows are...
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The 2018 True/False Film Fest Lineup
Around every corner is a new and revealing story. In the case of True/False, you never know if...
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FIFTY SHADES FREED – Review
What does the FREED in the title actually mean (if you aren’t referring to the audience finally escaping...
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THE COMMUTER – Review
I’m not sure that Liam Neeson’s former police officer turned life insurance salesman remembers that you’re supposed to...
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MOLLY’S GAME – Review
An Aaron Sorkin character is always the smartest man or woman in the room. He or she can...
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THE GREATEST SHOWMAN – Review
The showman frequently gets a bad rap. Whether it’s trying to get someone to laugh or smile, there...
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JUSTICE LEAGUE – Review
“Bruce Wayne is a rich man. He’s an aristocrat. Superman grew up as Clark Kent on a farm...
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THE FLORIDA PROJECT – Review
While THE FLORIDA PROJECT has all the bright lush colors of Disney World, this tale is far from...
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HAPPY DEATH DAY – Review
There are certain stereotypes and tropes that have existed in the horror genre for decades. In the 80s,...
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AMERICAN MADE – Review
Oliver Stone’s films from the 1990s feel substantially more radical than the anarchic, protest-cinema label that many seemed...
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REBEL IN THE RYE – Review
The world’s obsession with J.D. Salinger has always been there. Perhaps the fact that so little of his...
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IT – Review
“They all float down here… You’ll float too…” That simple phrase is one of the most iconic elements...
