A Real Pain, 2024. Written and Directed by Jesse Eisenberg. Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Kieran Culkin, Will Sharpe, Jennifer Grey, Kurt Egyiawan, Ellora Torchia, Liza Sadovy, and Daniel Oreskes. SYNOPSIS: Mismatched cousins David and Benji reunite for a tour through Poland to honor their beloved grandmother. The adventure takes a turn when the pair’s old tensions […]
Movie Review – Thelma (2024)
Thelma, 2024. Written and Directed by Josh Margolin. Starring June Squibb, Fred Hechinger, Richard Roundtree, Parker Posey, Clark Gregg, Malcolm McDowell, Aidan Fiske, Chase Kim, Nicole Byer, David Giuliani, Annie O’Donnell, Ruben Rabasa, Bunny Levine, Coral Peña, Ivy Jones, Quinn Beswick, and Sandy Gimpel. SYNOPSIS: When 93-year-old Thelma Post gets duped by a phone scammer […]
Movie Review – Handling the Undead (2024)
Handling the Undead, 2024. Written and Directed by Thea Hvistendahl. Starring Renate Reinsve, Anders Danielsen Lie, Bjørn Sundquist, Bahar Pars, Jan Hrynkiewicz, Dennis Østby Ruud, Bente Børsum, Olga Damani, Inesa Dauksta, and Kian Hansen. SYNOPSIS: On a hot summer day in Oslo, the dead mysteriously awaken, and three families are thrown into chaos when their […]
Movie Review – Girls State (2024)
Girls State, 2024. Directed by Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss. SYNOPSIS: Follows 500 adolescent girls from all across Missouri as they come together for a week-long immersion in a sophisticated democratic laboratory, where they organize a Supreme Court to consider the most contentious issues of the day. In 2020, documentary filmmakers Amanda McBaine and Jesse […]
2024 Sundance Film Festival Review – Exhibiting Forgiveness
Exhibiting Forgiveness, 2024. Written and Directed by Titus Kaphar. Starring André Holland, Andra Day, John Earl Jelks, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Matthew Elam, G.L. McQueary, Chip Carriere, Ian Foreman, Tia Dionne Hodge, Daniel Michael Barriere, Jaime Ray Newman, Peter Van Wagner, Tony Torn, Cindy Jackson, and Justin Hofstad. SYNOPSIS: A Black artist on the path to success […]
2024 Sundance Film Festival Review – Love Me
Love Me, 2024. Written and Directed by Sam & Andy Zuchero. Starring Kristen Stewart and Steven Yeun. SYNOPSIS: Long after humanity’s extinction, a buoy named Me and a satellite named Iam meet online and fall in love. It’s never a good sign when “Oh, this is a movie about how relationships are hard” pops into your […]
2024 Sundance Film Festival Review – Sebastian
Sebastian, 2024. Written and Directed by Mikko Makela. Starring Ruaridh Mollica, Hiftu Quasem, Ingvar E. Sigurðsson, Jonathan Hyde, Lara Rossi, Leanne Best, David Nellist, Pedro Minas, Fleur Keith, Dylan Brady, Akbar Kurtha, Marcus Macleod, and Laurent Maria. SYNOPSIS: Max, a 25-year-old aspiring writer living in London, begins a double life as a sex worker in […]
