Cow, 2021.Directed by Andrea Arnold.SYNOPSIS:A close-up portrait of the daily lives of two cows.One of the first of many prolonged shots in Andrea Arnold’s Cow (making her documentary debut, most known for incredible directorial efforts such as Fish Tank and American Honey) stays on a female cow that has just given birth to a calf. […]
Movie Review – Hard Luck Love Song (2021)
Hard Luck Love Song, 2021.Directed by Justin Corsbie. Starring Michael Dorman, Sophia Bush, RZA, Dermot Mulroney, Eric Roberts, and Brian Sacca.SYNOPSIS:A gritty love story about a charismatic but down-on-his-luck troubadour living out of cheap motels and making bad decisions.Hard Luck Love Song opens up on Michael Dorman’s, a bloodied and beaten sight for sore eyes, […]
October Horrors 2021 – The Stepfather (1987)
The Stepfather, 1987.Directed by Joseph Ruben. Starring Terry O’Quinn, Jill Schoelen, Shelley Hack, Charles Lanyer, Stephen Sullivan and Stephen E. Miller.SYNOPSIS:Jerry Blake marries into a new family and all seems well. However, his new stepdaughter Stephanie begins to suspect that Jerry is hiding a dark and terrifying secret.Step-parents, the awkward strangers who enter our lives […]
Movie Review – Needle in a Timestack (2021)
Needle in a Timestack, 2021.Directed by John Ridley. Starring Leslie Odom Jr., Cynthia Erivo, Freida Pinto, Orlando Bloom, Laysla De Oliveira, Alessandro Juliani, James Kirk, Hiro Kanagawa, Ulka Simone Mohanty, Gourav Shah, Kaylah Zander, Elizabeth Weinstein, Natalie D’Amico, Charles Singh, Samantha Hum, and Jadyn Wong.SYNOPSIS:Nick and Janine live in marital bliss until Janine’s ex-husband warps […]
Movie Review – The Harder They Fall (2021)
The Harder They Fall, 2021.Directed by Jeymes Samuel. Starring Jonathan Majors, Idris Elba, Zazie Beetz, Delroy Lindo, LaKeith Stanfield, Danielle Deadwyler, Edi Gathegi, R.J. Cyler, Damon Wayans Jr., Deon Cole, and Regina King.SYNOPSIS:Nat Love (Jonathan Majors) is an outlaw for the common man. Stealing from those who do the heavy lifting, he is at loggerheads […]
2021 BFI London Film Festival Review – Encounter
Encounter, 2021.Directed by Michael Pearce. Starring Riz Ahmed, Octavia Spencer, Rory Cochrane, Janina Gavankar, Lucian-River Chauhan, and Aditya Geddada.SYNOPSIS:Two brothers embark on a journey with their father, who is trying to protect them from an alien threat.Michael Pearce burst onto the scene with his acclaimed 2017 debut Beast. His follow-up film, the Riz Ahmed-led Encounter […]
2021 BFI London Film Festival Review – La Mif
La Mif, 2021.Written and directed by Fred Baillif. Starring Claudia Grob, Amélie Tonsi, Anaïs Uldry, Amandine Golay, Kassia Da Costa, Joyce Ndayisenga, Charlie Areddy, and Sara Tulu.SYNOPSIS:A group of teenage girls have been placed in a residential care home with social workers. This forced “family” experience creates unexpected tensions and intimacies. An incident triggers a […]
2021 BFI London Film Festival Review – Hinterland
Hinterland, 2021.Co-written and directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky. Starring Murathan Muslu and Liv Lisa Fries.SYNOPSIS:When an ex-prisoner of the Great War returns home and finds his comrades brutally murdered, he decides to bring the serial killer to justice.In 2007, Stefan Ruzowitzky’s World War II drama The Counterfeiters won the Best International Feature Oscar, and since then the […]
Movie Review – Freeland (2021)
Freeland, 2021.Written and Directed by Mario Furloni and Kate McLean. Starring Krisha Fairchild, Frank Mosley, Lily Gladstone, John Craven, Cameron James Matthews, and Michelle Maxson.SYNOPSIS:An aging pot farmer finds her world shattered as she races to bring in what could be her final harvest.At face value, Freeland depicts a series of setbacks from upholding a […]
BFI London Film Festival 2021 Review – The Odd-Job Men
The Odd-Job Men, 2021.Co-written and directed by Neus Ballús. Starring Mohamed Mellali, Valero Escolar, and Pep Sarrà.SYNOPSIS:A peculiar team of three handymen has to face a series of eccentric clients. Their everyday job becomes a surrealist and exhilarating experience.The latest venture from Catalan filmmaker Neus Ballús (The Plague) probably won’t end up on many of […]
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