Film Reviews - The American Mag

Promising Young Woman

By Steve Piazza| 2021-11-02T22:17:19+01:00 October 19th, 2021|

Anyone can recognize someone showing great promise, even without the benefit of a resume. Consider people [...]

By Steve Piazza| 2021-10-19T13:48:34+02:00 October 3rd, 2021|

Far from the usual take on the Cuban Missile Crisis, “The Courier” seems worlds away from [...]

By Steve Piazza| 2021-10-03T16:00:51+02:00 September 21st, 2021|

New film critic Steve Piazza begins his run with a look at a highly-acclaimed but immensely quirky musical that comes out bittersweet.

By Marcia Yarrow| 2020-02-15T12:46:23+01:00 February 9th, 2020|

Louisa May Alcott's "Little Women" has made the movie rounds for decades. Though set in the [...]

By David Trask| 2019-12-26T10:32:27+01:00 December 8th, 2019|

But for a twist of fate, James Mangold's fine auto racing thriller would have lost its [...]

By Marcia Yarrow| 2019-11-11T19:14:36+01:00 November 3rd, 2019|

In an era swamped with comic book-driven extravaganzas, it would stand to reason if "Joker" was [...]

By Max Oxley| 2020-01-27T23:26:44+01:00 October 20th, 2019|

Stories of teenagers having to take responsibility for their younger siblings,after parental abandonment have become a [...]

By Max Oxley| 2019-10-20T13:34:41+02:00 October 15th, 2019|

Forbidden love has, of course, always been a staple of fiction. It allows us to indulge [...]

By Max Oxley| 2019-10-13T12:58:38+02:00 October 7th, 2019|

After failing to light the world on fire with his English-language debut, "The Death and Life [...]

By Max Oxley| 2019-10-13T12:46:10+02:00 October 4th, 2019|

Using religion to reflect one's own crippled psyche is not an original idea in cinema. Martin [...]