Ian Berke – Splash Magazines

Who Will Write Our History Review – Highly Recommended

March 17, 2019 Ian Berke 0

Who Will Write Our History? joins a group of documentaries about the Holocaust, with the focus of this particular film on the efforts by a small group of writers in Warsaw to document their ordeal after […]

Foxtrot Film Review – Moving, Powerful, Award Winning Film

March 26, 2018 Ian Berke 0

Samuel Maoz, now a well known Israeli film director, was a 20-year-old tank gunner in the 1982 invasion of Lebanon. When he later became an documentary film maker, his army experience ultimately led him to […]

The Insult Film Review – Powerful and Revealing

March 21, 2018 Ian Berke 0

In 1948, Israel declared independence and was promptly invaded by six Arab armies. After bitter fighting, Israel was mostly victorious but a large part of its Palestinian population was driven out or fled to neighboring […]

The Shape of Water Review – Highly Inventive, Dark and Tense

January 5, 2018 Ian Berke 0

A new work by Guillermo del Toro, a screenwriter and director famous for his sophisticated fantasy/horror films and television productions, has just been released. His films, even those with comic book-like characters, are definitely […]

I, Tonya Review – An American Tragedy

January 3, 2018 Ian Berke 0

David Gillespie, director (The Finest Hours) and Steven Rogers, screenwriter, of I, Tonya, look hard at class in America, specifically our attitudes toward the working poor. These people, comprising perhaps two thirds of all […]

“Ladybird” Review – Kind, Well Paced and Never Dull

December 3, 2017 Ian Berke 0

Over the last decade, Greta Gerwig has acted in nearly 30 films, with a starring role in five of them, and screenwriting. Her characters have usually been young women struggling to make their way in […]