Logan Sandler's "Live Cargo" is stuffed with arty close-ups and stunning backdrops, but the emotions to connect them are missing.

Full Review | Apr 6, 2017

The black-and-white debut of writer-director Logan Sandler is just sharp enough to complicate its clichs with strong performances and a mesmerizing tone that pushes the mopey proceedings into psychological thriller territory.

Full Review | Original Score: B- | Apr 6, 2017

A film that confuses silence with great insight, beautiful imagery with emotion and the empty with the profound.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Mar 31, 2017

Absolutely breathtaking black-and-white neo-noir cinematography by Daniella Nowitz adds depth and emotional context. But it can't fully flesh out the story ...

Full Review | Mar 30, 2017

It's a compelling sketch stretched too thin, with not enough additional substance to fill out a feature.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5 | Mar 30, 2017

The need to tell a story and the desire not to collide in Live Cargo, the narratively uneven but visually exquisite debut feature from writer-director Logan Sandler.

Full Review | Mar 29, 2017

The faces in Logan Sandler's film, like the landscapes of the paradise setting, only convey an empty sort of ambiguity.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Mar 26, 2017

"Live Cargo" is one of the most evocatively shot debut films in recent memory, which is why its shabby storytelling is such a crushing disappointment.

Full Review | Mar 21, 2017

Nicely observed, but misses the mark.

Full Review | Nov 21, 2016

Anchored by a quartet of equally strong and understated performances by Hemingway, Stanfield, Wisdom, and Dillon, "Live Cargo" proves itself to be a singularly artful film of great emotional heft.

Full Review | Original Score: A- | Nov 4, 2016

Perhaps we're meant to be the outsiders, peering in to the roiling waves without a clear sense of what's happening just beneath the surface.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 4, 2016