Gattaca, 1997.Directed by Andrew Niccol. Starring Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, Alan Arkin, Jude Law, Loren Dean, Ernest Borgnine, and Gore Vidal.SYNOPSIS:Gattaca arrives on 4K, which is welcome news to the fans who have made it a cult classic on home video after its poor 1997 box office results. The remastered print is about as close […]
Amazon Review – Invincible
Martin Carr reviews Amazon’s new adult animated superhero series Invincible…The voice cast on this animated adaptation is outstanding. If this was live action rather than pixel and pen line drawings, some cheque books would be swung wide accommodating the cost of catering alone. Co-created by Robert Kirkman, famed for both The Walking Dead and spin-off Fear […]
2021 SXSW Film Festival Review – Luchadoras
Luchadoras, 2021.Directed by Paola Calvo and Patrick Jasim.SYNOPSIS:The courageous female wrestlers of Ciudad Juárez, a city known for its high murder rate against women – who fight in the ring and in their daily lives to redefine the image of what it means to be a woman in Mexico.While the overwhelming majority of documentaries set […]
2021 SXSW Film Festival Review – Islands
Islands, 2021.Directed by Martin Edralin. Starring Rogelio Balagtas, Sheila Lotuaco, Esteban Comilang, Vangie Alcasid, Pablo Quiogue, Isys Szuky, and Maximus Szuky.SYNOPSIS:Joshua, a shy middle-aged Filipino immigrant, has lived in the comfort of his parents’ home his entire life. As their health declines he longs for a partner, terrified of being alone after they pass.Martin Edralin’s […]
2021 SXSW Film Festival Review – The Lost Sons
The Lost Sons, 2021.Directed by Ursula Macfarlane.SYNOPSIS:1960s Chicago, a baby is kidnapped from a hospital. Fifteen months later, a toddler is abandoned. Could he be the same baby?Ursula Macfarlane’s (Untouchable) new documentary certainly doesn’t leave viewers wanting for scandal, yet its intertwined tableau of stories and identities also feels worthy of a larger, more ambitious […]
2021 SXSW Film Festival Review – Women Is Losers
Women Is Losers, 2021.Written and directed by Lissette Feliciano. Starring Lorenza Izzo, Bryan Craig, Chrissie Fit, Simu Liu, Steven Bauer, Liza Weil, Cranston Johnson, Alejandra Miranda, Shalim Ortiz, and Lincoln Bonilla.SYNOPSIS:In 1960s San Francisco, a once-promising catholic school girl, Celina Guerrera, sets out to rise above the oppression of poverty and invest in a future […]
2021 SXSW Film Festival Review – Sound of Violence
Sound of Violence, 2021.Written and directed by Alex Noyer. Starring Jasmin Savoy Brown, Lili Simmons, James Jagger, and Tessa Munro.SYNOPSIS:A young girl recovers her hearing and gains synaesthetic abilities during the brutal murder of her family. Finding solace in the sounds of bodily harm, as an adult, she pursues a career in music composing her masterpiece […]
2021 SXSW Film Festival Review – Dear Mr. Brody
Dear Mr. Brody, 2021.Directed by Keith Maitland.SYNOPSIS:A psychedelic journey into the heart (and bank account) of Michael Brody, Jr., the hippie-millionaire who offered the world peace for the price of a postage stamp.The new documentary from director Keith Maitland (Tower) boasts an absolutely remarkable hook, but the initial fascination of its bizarre story eventually gives way […]
2021 SXSW Film Festival Review – Language Lessons
Language Lessons, 2021.Co-written and directed by Natalie Morales. Starring Mark Duplass and Natalie Morales.SYNOPSIS:A Spanish teacher and her student develop an unexpected friendship.A year-plus into the COVID-19 pandemic, many if not most of us are surely fed up with films about the global predicament, whether explicitly or tangentially. But Natalie Morales’ feature directorial debut Language Lessons […]
2021 SXSW Film Festival Review – Fruits of Labor
Fruits of Labor, 2021.Directed by Emily Cohen Ibañez.SYNOPSIS:A Mexican-American teenage farmworker dreams of graduating high school, when ICE raids in her community threaten to separate her family and force her to become her family’s breadwinner.A perilous coming-of-age documentary from director Emily Cohen Ibañez, Fruits of Labor explores the daily struggles of America’s immigrant population simply fighting […]
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