Author Kevin Jagernauth

Kevin Jagernauth

‘Time’ Clocks An Uneven & Incomplete Portrait Of Injustice [Sundance Review]

January 27, 2020 8:48 am

From the outside, Fox and Rob Richardson looked like the young couple who had it all. The high school sweethearts got married, were ready to move into their first home, and with twins on the way, they would so...

‘Murmur’ Gracefully Explores The Tough Road To Redemption [Slamdance Review]

Kevin Jagernauth

January 24, 2020 2:05 pm

Festivals, News, Reviews

When you’ve let someone close to you down, and disappointed yourself in the process, the path to acceptance and re-establishing an emotional equilibrium can seem monumental. In a culture suffused with wellness...

‘Primal’ Disappointingly Subdues The Nicolas Cage Rage In This Self-Serious Mess [Review]

Kevin Jagernauth

November 6, 2019 3:08 pm

News, Reviews

These days, Nicolas Cage doesn’t say no to roles very often. However, for every acclaimed turn in fare like “Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse” or “Mandy,” there are about a half dozen cheaply made, largely str...

‘The Audition’: Musical Rivalries Should Never Be This Dreary, Exhausting, & Predictable [TIFF Review]

Kevin Jagernauth

September 9, 2019 11:33 am

Festivals, News, Reviews

In his book “Outliers,” Malcolm Gladwell asserted that 10,000 hours of focused practice is the key to achieving top-flight expertise in any field. It’s a convenient and easy-to-package theory, but the "10,000 R...

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‘Disco’: A Feverish Look At The Outer Reaches Of Christian Belief [TIFF Review]

Kevin Jagernauth

September 8, 2019 4:48 pm

Festivals, News, Reviews

For an outsider, contemporary Christian evangelism can often seem like a car show or sports event. Places of worship have become arena-sized venues, with services featuring live bands, light shows, and sermons ...

‘Matthias & Maxime’ Trailer: Xavier Dolan Directs & Stars In His New Film About Friendship & Love

Kevin Jagernauth

September 5, 2019 8:00 pm

News, Trailers

Xavier Dolan hasn't stopped moving since his directorial debut, "I Killed My Mother." After skipping Cannes, and going Hollywood with his last film, "The Death and Life Of John F. Donovan" starring Natalie Port...

‘The Australian Dream’ Is A Stirring Profile Of Athlete & Activist Adam Goodes [Telluride Review]

Kevin Jagernauth

September 4, 2019 4:53 pm

Festivals, News, Reviews

Today’s sports superstars must shoulder a number of responsibilities: role models for youth, ambassadors for their sport, and beacons of leadership for their team. Fans demand loyalty, and owners expect not onl...

‘Psychosia’ Delivers A Striking, But Uneven, Look At Psychological Imbalance [Venice Review]

Kevin Jagernauth

September 4, 2019 2:25 pm

Festivals, News, Reviews

Humans are made of energy, divided into two competing circuits: Ideal and Desire. So claims “Psychosia,” the feature debut by Marie Grahtø, which attempts to explore this conceptual premise through the rigors o...

‘Echo’ Elegantly Explores Iceland’s Personal & Political Landscape At Christmas [Locarno Review]

Kevin Jagernauth

August 11, 2019 11:12 am

Festivals, News, Reviews

In the opening stages of “Echo,” a farmhouse burns brilliantly against the beautifully bruised sky of Iceland at dusk. It’s a striking image that recalls the climax of Andrei Tarkovksy’s “The Sacrifice,” a mome...

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‘The Lighthouse’ Trailer: Robert Pattinson & Willem Dafoe Find Terror By The Sea

Kevin Jagernauth

July 30, 2019 12:19 pm

News, Trailers

We're not going to get into the whole "elevated horror" debate, but for better or worse, Robert Eggers' "The Witch" is often cited as a turning point for modern day horror. So, genre fans have been eagerly anti...

‘Domino’: Brian De Palma’s Terrorist Thriller Disappointingly Goes Through The Motions [Review]

Kevin Jagernauth

May 27, 2019 10:11 am

News, Reviews

“I had a lot of problems in financing . I never experienced such a horrible movie set. A large part of our team has not even been paid yet by the Danish producers. The film is finished and ready to go out, but ...

What Happened To Peter Stormare’s Sea Turtle Rescue Blockbuster?

Kevin Jagernauth

May 11, 2019 2:01 pm

News

As everyone correctly fawned over GQ's excellent profile of Keanu Reeves last month, there was one throwaway detail in the piece that I couldn't stop thinking about. In introducing the actor's friend and occasi...

‘Deerskin’: Get Weird With The Trailer For Quentin Dupieux’s Cannes Entry

Kevin Jagernauth

May 11, 2019 12:57 pm

Festivals, News, Trailers

Across his career, Quentin Dupieux has managed to keep to his own, singular, weirdo path without every quite breaking out of the cult circuit. Nonetheless, his work is championed in the right corners, and this ...

‘Bacurau’ Trailer: Kleber Mendonca Filho Returns To Cannes Asking If You Want To Live Or Die

Kevin Jagernauth

May 11, 2019 12:12 pm

Festivals, News, Trailers

If the name Kleber Mendonca Filho isn't already on your radar, it's only a matter of time before it is. One of the most exciting directors working in Brazil at the moment, he first made waves with his terrific ...

‘Pain and Glory’ Clips: Antonio Banderas & Penelope Cruz Star In Pedro Almodovar’s Cannes Contender

Kevin Jagernauth

May 11, 2019 11:28 am

Festivals, News

Pedro Almodovar is one the Cannes Film Festival's most beloved filmmakers, and has been kicking around the Croisette for so long that he was in France for premiere of "All About My Mother" in 1999 and its retur...