Film Review for Northern Express Published November 5, 2022 American writer and director Todd Field takes a Eurocentric approach to his cinematic stories, allowing a patient pace, hypnotic quiet, and highly nuanced actors themselves to drive his narratives (In the Bedroom and Little Children). Field’s first project in 16 years…

Film Reviews for Northern Express Published October 21, 2022 Adventure, Conservation and Inspiration (writ intentionally large) are the founding pillars that fuel the unique Fresh Coast Film Festival — which just took place as it does each October in the upper peninsula in Marquette. …

Film Review for Northern Express Published October 10, 2022 Please read: this review contains major spoilers, none of which will ruin a film that has more plot problems than Olivia Wilde’s explanation of what really happened behind-the-scenes of filming it. The highly stylish but ultimately disappointing thriller “Don’t Worry Darling”…

Film Review for Northern Express Published September 24, 2022 Before you ever settle into your seats, and if you’ve seen the tense and surprising trailer beforehand, “The Woman King” is a film experience that you already know will end in an epic and final battle of battles … building in…

Film Review for Northern Express Published September 10, 2022 If it were possible to take the millennia of human suffering in attempting to understand ourselves, bottle it up, and then hold its secrets so tightly they could only be revealed under impossible and fantastic circumstances — then you might just…

Film Review Published September 1, 2022 If the delightful fantasy world of the new feature length adventure starring Internet star Marcel the Shell with Shoes On seems too sweet to be true, it’s maybe because it was born from the actual and amicable break up of creativos Jenny Slate and…

Film Review for Northern Express Published August 27, 2022 It begins with a lie, and ends with the truth in the suspenseful thriller “Emily the Criminal,” produced-by and starring Aubrey Plaza as the title character in a dazzling performance you probably won’t see coming. If you think you’d do anything…

Film Review for Northern Express Published August 13, 2022 In real life the actual bullet train that makes up the almost singular set-piece for this strange heist film can travel from Tokyo to Kyoto, Japan in just under 140 minutes. On screen in Bullet Train, the film’s more measured pace…

Film Review for Northern Express, Published July 30, 2022 There may be only one person in the entire and sometimes otherworldly universe who truly understands the subconscious allegory at work in Nope— and that’s the film’s remarkable writer and director Jordan Peele himself. In the highly anticipated third feature from…