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 […]
Movie Review – Three Minutes: A Lengthening (2021)
Three Minutes: A Lengthening, 2021. Directed by Bianca Stigter. Starring Helena Bonham Carter. SYNOPSIS: A snippet of 16mm film offers an emotionally charged, meditative glimpse into the lives of the unsuspecting Jewish citizens of a small Polish village at the precipice of World War II. Documentary film at its best can be a potent vehicle […]
Movie Review – God’s Country (2022)
God’s Country, 2022. Co-written and Directed by Julian Higgins. Starring Thandiwe Newton, Jeremy Bobb, Joris Jarsky, Jefferson White, Kai Lennox, and Tanaya Beatty. SYNOPSIS: When a grieving college professor confronts two hunters she catches trespassing on her property, she’s drawn into an escalating battle of wills with catastrophic consequences. Julian Higgins’ blazing adaptation of James […]
Movie Review – Sharp Stick (2022)
Sharp Stick, 2022. Written and directed by Lena Dunham. Starring Kristine Froseth, Jon Bernthal, Scott Speedman, Lena Dunham, Taylour Paige, and Jennifer Jason Leigh. SYNOPSIS: Sarah Jo is a naïve 26-year-old living on the fringes of Hollywood with her mother and sister. She just longs to be seen. When she begins an affair with her […]
Movie Review – We Met in Virtual Reality (2022)
We Met in Virtual Reality. 2022 Written and Directed by Joe Hunting SYNOPSIS: Filmed entirely inside the world of VR, this documentary captures the excitement and surprising intimacy of a burgeoning cultural movement, demonstrating the power of online connection in an isolated world. Meaningful human connection is not limited to in person. Frankly, it hasn’t […]
Movie Review – Resurrection (2022)
Resurrection, 2022. Written and Directed by Andrew Semans. Starring Rebecca Hall, Tim Roth, Grace Kaufman, Michael Esper, Angela Wong Carbone, Winsome Brown, and Josh Drennen. SYNOPSIS: Margaret’s life is in order. She is capable, disciplined, and successful. Everything is under control. That is, until David returns, carrying with him the horrors of Margaret’s past. When […]
Movie Review – Cha Cha Real Smooth (2022)
Cha Cha Real Smooth, 2022. Written and Directed by Cooper Raiff. Starring Cooper Raiff, Dakota Johnson, Evan Assante, Vanessa Burghardt, Leslie Mann, Brad Garrett, Raúl Castillo, Colton Osario, Amara Pedroso Saquel, Odeya Rush, Brooklyn Ramirez, Kelly O’Sullivan, and Javien Mercado. SYNOPSIS: A young man who works as a Bar Mitzvah party host strikes up a […]
Movie Review – Fresh (2022)
Fresh, 2022. Directed by Mimi Cave. Starring Daisy Edgar-Jones, Sebastian Stan, Jojo T. Gibbs, Charlotte Le Bon, Andrea Bang, and Dayo Okeniyi. SYNOPSIS: The horrors of modern dating seen through one young woman’s defiant battle to survive her new boyfriend’s unusual appetites. The horror genre has historically been a potent outlet for filmmakers to express […]
Maika Monroe is being followed again in the trailer for Watcher
Following her star-making turns in It Follows and The Guest, Maika Monroe is back being pursued by strange forces in the trailer for Shudder and IFC Films gaslighting horror Watcher. Telling a Rear Window-like story of a woman who’s adamant she’s being watched by a man in the building opposite to her, Watcher has just […]
Video Review – Sebastian Stan Eats Up His Best Role Yet with Fresh
EJ Moreno with a review of Mimi Cave’s Fresh starring Sebastian Stan and Daisy Edgar-Jones… With elements of American Psycho, Ex Machina, and Promising Young Woman sprinkled throughout, Fresh feels tailor-made for my sensibilities. It all comes together with Mimi Cave’s brilliant direction of Lauryn Kahn’s script, a pair that I will need to see […]
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