Palm Trees and Power Lines, 2022. Directed by Jamie Dack. Starring Lily McInerny, Gretchen Mol, Jonathan Tucker, Auden Thornton, Armani Jackson, Kenny Johnston, Michael Petrone, John Minch, Quinn Frankel, Timothy Taratchila, Rhied De Castro, Angel Grey Cooper, Yvette Tucker, and Yolanda Corrales. SYNOPSIS: A disconnected teenage girl enters a relationship with a man twice her […]
2023 Sundance Film Festival Review – Rotting in the Sun
Rotting in the Sun, 2023. Co-written and directed by Sebastián Silva. Starring Sebastián Silva, Jordan Firstman, and Catalina Saavedra. SYNOPSIS: Follows social media celebrity Jordan Firstman as he starts a search for filmmaker Sebastian Silva who went missing in Mexico City. He suspects that the cleaning lady in Sebastian’s building may be involved in his […]
2023 Sundance Film Festival Review – Passages
Passages, 2023. Co-written and directed by Ira Sachs. Starring Franz Rogowski, Adèle Exarchopoulos, and Ben Whishaw. SYNOPSIS: On the last day of his shoot in Paris, film director Tomas sleeps with a woman and proudly tells his husband about it. A passionate, jealous, and narcissistic relationship unfolds between Tomas, Agathe, and Martin. If perhaps slighter […]
Movie Review – Breaking (2022)
Breaking, 2022. Co-written and directed by Abi Damaris Corbin. Starring John Boyega, Michael K. Williams, Nicole Beharie, Olivia Washington, Selenis Leyva, and Connie Britton. SYNOPSIS: A Marine war veteran faces mental and emotional challenges when he tries to reintegrate back into civilian life. Abi Damaris Corbin’s feature debut is a textbook example of a film […]
2023 Sundance Film Festival Review – You Hurt My Feelings
You Hurt My Feelings, 2023. Written and Directed by Nicole Holofcener. Starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Tobias Menzies, Michaela Watkins, Arian Moayed, and Jeannie Berlin. SYNOPSIS: A novelist’s longstanding marriage is suddenly upended when she overhears her husband giving his honest reaction to her latest book. Writer-director Nicole Holofcener reunites with her Enough Said star Julia Louis-Dreyfus for […]
2023 Sundance Film Festival Review – Judy Blume Forever
Judy Blume Forever, 2023. Directed by Davina Pardo and Leah Wolchok. Starring Judy Blume. SYNOPSIS: Judy Blume and the generations of readers who have sparked to her work. It will examine her impact on pop culture and the occasional controversies over her frankness about puberty and sex. You won’t find many pop-culture figures more deserving […]
Video Review – Magazine Dreams introduces ‘The Year of Jonathan Majors’
EJ Moreno with a video review of Magazine Dreams starring Jonathan Majors… One actor working today perfectly defines what it means to be a performer in this generation. Jonathan Majors offers controlled chaos; he knows how to distinguish between in-control and unhinged, making it look effortless. No movie has captured his raw talent like Magazine […]
2023 Sundance Film Festival Review – Divinity
Divinity, 2023. Written and directed by Eddie Alcazar. Starring Stephen Dorff, Moises Arias, Jason Genao, Karrueche Tran, Bella Thorne, and Scott Bakula. SYNOPSIS: Centers on two mysterious brothers, who abduct a mogul during his quest for immortality. Meanwhile, a seductive woman helps them launch a journey of self-discovery. Sci-fi is so, so hard to pull off […]
2023 Sundance Film Festival Review – Bad Behaviour
Bad Behaviour, 2023. Written and directed by Alice Englert. Starring Jennifer Connelly, Ben Whishaw, Alice Englert, Ana Scotney, Dasha Nekrasova, and Marlon Williams. SYNOPSIS: Former child actress Lucy seeks enlightenment at a retreat led by spiritual leader Elon, while she also navigates the close yet turbulent relationship with her stunt performer daughter, Dylan. Being the […]
2023 Sundance Film Festival Review – The Eternal Memory
The Eternal Memory, 2023. Directed by Maite Alberdi. SYNOPSIS: Augusto and Paulina have been together for 25 years. Eight years ago, he was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. Both fear the day he no longer recognises her. Maite Alberdi follows up her thoroughly charming, Oscar-nominated documentary The Mole Agent with another intimate film about the toils […]
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