Jeff Finley

Before I get to my review I must first say I was eagerly awaiting this next Joe Swanberg and Greta Gerwig film with much delight. Two of my favorite people in movies right now.

Just finished the film Goodbye Solo. This was truly touching. A Senegalese taxi driver named Solo picks up an old guy named William who then schedules another pickup in two weeks. They continue to talk and Solo realizes that William plans to commit suicide at that time.

I was super pumped to see Sugar, the new film from Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck – the directors of Half Nelson, which I really loved. It had only a single showing at the Cleveland Film Festival a few months back and I wasn’t able to see it. It finally came out on DVD and [...]

Last week, I watched the new documentary Tyson by James Toback. It felt more like a 60 minutes interview, than a documentary. But that’s ok because the subject is extremely interesting. Mike does a great job of opening up and coming across as a a nieve little kid in a grown up body. I admit, [...]

I was finally able to see the french film The Class (officially Entre les murs) by Laurent Cantent last weekend. It won the Palm d’Or at Cannes in 2008. From the Wikipedia, it’s based on the semi-autobiographical novel by François Bégaudeau. It was about his experiences as a literature teacher in an inner city middle [...]