Violation, 2020. Written and directed by Madeleine Sims-Fewer and Dusty Mancinelli. Starring Madeleine Sims-Fewer, Anna Maguire, Jesse LaVercombe, Obi Abili, Jasmin Geljo, and Cynthia Ashperger. SYNOPSIS: A troubled woman on the edge of divorce returns home to her younger sister after years apart. But when her sister and brother-in-law betray her trust, she embarks on […]
2021 Sundance Film Festival Review – Luzzu
Luzzu, 2021. Written and directed by Alex Camilleri. Starring Jesmark Scicluna, Michela Farrugia, and David Scicluna. SYNOPSIS: Jesmark, a struggling fisherman on the island of Malta, is forced to turn his back on generations of tradition and risk everything by entering the world of black market fishing to provide for his girlfriend and newborn baby. […]
International Film Festival Rotterdam – Friends and Strangers
Friends and Strangers, 2021. Directed by James Vaughan. Starring Fergus Wilson, Emma Diaz, Victoria Maxwell, Greg Zimbulis, David Gannon, Jayden Muir, and Poppy Jones. SYNOPSIS: Two twenty-somethings from middle class backgrounds stumble into adulthood, with little ambition despite a lack of roadblocks. There are few films with an opening quite so poignantly evocative as Mike […]
Movie Review – The Mauritanian (2021)
The Mauritanian, 2021. Directed by Kevin Macdonald. Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Jodie Foster, Shailene Woodley, Tahar Rahim, Zachary Levi, Langley Kirkwood, Corey Johnson, Matthew Marsh, Sammer Usmani, David Fynn, André Jacobs, Meena Rayann, Arthur Falko, Stevel Marc, and Robert Hobbs. SYNOPSIS: Mohamedou Ould Salahi fights for freedom after being detained and imprisoned without charge by the U.S. […]
International Film Festival Rotterdam 2021 Review – Feast
Feast, 2021. Directed by Tom Leyendekker. Starring Trudi Klever, Eelco Smits, Koen Van Kaam, Kuno Bakker, and Vincent van der Valk. SYNOPSIS: A look at those involved with the 2007 sex parties in Groningen, during which men were assaulted and injected with HIV contaminated blood. How can pure evil be portrayed, or articulated on screen […]
International Film Festival Rotterdam 2021 Review – Shorta
Shorta, 2020. Directed by Anders Ølholm and Frederik Louis Hviid. Starring Jacob Lohmann, Simon Sears, Tarek Zayat, and Özlem Saglanmak. SYNOPSIS: Two policemen become trapped and fight to escape a dangerous distract when violence erupts, following the death of a criminal in custody. In the last year, the world has seen the death of George […]
International Film Festival Rotterdam 2021 Review – Riders of Justice
Riders of Justice, 2020. Directed by Anders Thomas Jensen. Starring Mads Mikkelsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Lars Brygmann, Nicolas Bro, Andrea Heick Gadeberg, Jesper Ole Feit Andersen, and Albert Rudbeck Lindhardt. SYNOPSIS: A man who has recently lost his wife in a train crash is contacted by a mathematician who doesn’t believe the event was an […]
Movie Review – French Exit (2021)
French Exit, 2021. Directed by Azazel Jacobs. Starring Michelle Pfeiffer, Lucas Hedges, Tracy Letts, Valerie Mahaffey, Susan Coyne, Imogen Poots, Danielle Macdonald, Isaach De Bankolé, Daniel DiTomasso, Eddie Holland, Matt Holland, Christine Lan, Robert Higden, and Larry Day. SYNOPSIS: An aging Manhattan socialite living on what’s barely left of her inheritance moves to a small […]
2021 Sundance Film Festival Review – Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It, 2021. Directed by Mariem Pérez Riera. Featuring Rita Moreno. SYNOPSIS: A look at the life and work of Rita Moreno from her humble beginnings in Puerto Rico to her success on Broadway and in Hollywood. Whether you know her from West Side Story, Oz, […]
The Stand Episode 6 Review – ‘The Vigil’
Martin Carr reviews the sixth episode of The Stand… Hellish visitations, cannibalistic elevator rides and copulating extras define episode six of The Stand. Randall Flagg continues making his presence felt as finally he crosses paths with Mother Abagail. Like the serpent who tempted Adam and Eve, his words are hollow promises, his actions cloaked in […]
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