National Anthem, 2023. Directed by Luke Gilford. Starring Charlie Plummer, Robyn Lively, Eve Lindley, Mason Alexander Park, Joey DeLeon, Rene Rosado, and Kimberley Christann Pember, SYNOPSIS: A 21-year-old construction worker in New Mexico joins a community of queer rodeo performers in search of their own version of the American dream. In Luke Gilford’s poetically moving […]
Glasgow Film Festival 2023 Review – Typist Artist Pirate King
Typist Artist Pirate King, 2022. Directed by Carol Morley. Starring Monica Dolan, Kelly Macdonald, Gina McKee. SYNOPSIS: The growing friendship between two women as they hit the road in an electric car looking for endings and reconciliation. Carol Morley is a distinctive voice in British cinema, behind a number of acclaimed features and documentary films […]
Glasgow Film Festival Review 2023 – My Sailor, My Love
My Sailor, My Love, 2022. Directed by Klaus Härö. Starring James Cosmo, Brid Brennan, and Catherine Walker. SYNOPSIS: A retired sea captain and his daughter must reassess their strained relationship after he begins a new romance with a widowed housekeeper. James Cosmo has had a fine career both as a leading and supporting actor, starring […]
Glasgow Film Festival 2023 Review – Lakelands
Lakelands, 2022. Directed by Robert Higgins and Patrick McGivney. Starring Éanna Hardwicke, Danielle Galligan, Lorcan Cranitch, and Dafhyd Flynn. SYNOPSIS: Lakelands tells the story of Cian, a footballer who gets attacked on a night out. He will struggle to come to terms with his career-ending injury. Irish Cinema is going through such a highpoint at […]
Movie Review – Murina (2021)
Murina, 2021. Directed by Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović. Starring Gracija Filipović, Leon Lučev, Danica Curcic and Cliff Curtis. SYNOPSIS: Living on an idyllic Croatian island, teenager Julija (played by Gracija Filipović) is at odds with her father. Controlling in the wants for his daughter, the family tension escalates when wealthy friend Javier (Cliff Curtis) comes to […]
Movie Review – Emily the Criminal (2022)
Emily the Criminal. 2022 Written and Directed by John Patton Ford. Starring Aubrey Plaza, Theo Rossi, Gina Gershon, Megalyn Echikunwoke, Jonathan Avigdori, Bernardo Badillo, Craig Stark, and Brandon Sklenar. SYNOPSIS: Down on her luck and saddled with debt, Emily gets involved in a credit card scam that pulls her into the criminal underworld of Los […]
Movie Review – Jurassic Punk (2022)
Jurassic Punk, 2022. Directed by Scott Leberecht. Starring Steve “Spaz” Williams, Phil Tippett, Robert Patrick, Jamie Hyneman, Mark Dippe, Scott Ross, Stefen Fangmeier, Bill Kimberlin, John Schlag, and Jody Duncan. SYNOPSIS: Steve “Spaz” Williams is a pioneer in computer animation. His digital dinosaurs for Jurassic Park transformed Hollywood in 1993, but an appetite for anarchy and reckless […]
55th Chicago International Film Festival Capsule Review – The Whistlers (2019)
The Whistlers. 2019 Written and Directed by Corneliu Porumboiu Starring Vlad Ivanov, Catrinel Marlon, Rodica Lazăr, Sabin Tambrea, Agustí Villaronga, István Teglas, and Antonio Buíl Synopsis: A policeman intent on freeing a crooked businessman from a prison on Gomera, an island in the Canaries. However, he must first learn the difficult local dialect, a language […]
55th Chicago International Film Festival Capsule Review – Deerskin (2019)
Deerskin. 2019 Written and Directed by Quentin Dupieux Starring Jean Dujardin, Adèle Haenel, Albert Delpy, and Pierre Gommé SYNOPSIS: A man’s obsession with his designer deerskin jacket causes him to blow his life savings and turn to crime. An exercise in unabashed bizarreness, Deerskin sees French director Quentin Dupieux getting a committed and straight performance […]
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri to close 61st BFI London Film Festival
The 61st BFI London Film Festival has announced that Martin McDonagh’s Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri will serve as the Closing Night gala of this year’s event, receiving its UK premiere on Sunday October 15th with McDonagh and stars Frances McDormand and Sam Rockwell in attendance. “THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI is a darkly comic […]
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