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‘The History of Sound’ Review: a Stunning Drama That Shows the Connection Between Art, Emotions and Time

@Courtesy of MUBI Which is the best movie ever made about gay romance? In my case, it’s always been a split decision between Happy Together (1997) by Wong Kar-Wai and Brokeback Mountain (2005) by Ang Lee.  Well, after yesterday’s press screening, such uncertainty has been expanded to The History of Sound by Oliver Hermanus. Based…

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle, The Anime Movie

©Courtesy of Sony Pictures  Instead of ghost-busting, demon-slaying could be the top movie profession of the 2020’s. Five years before the KPop Demons Hunters became a breakout sensation, the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba anime franchise (based on Koyoharu Gotouge’s manga) released the #1 global box-office champion of 2020. Admittedly, that year came with an…

TIFF: ‘Nuns vs. The Vatican’ Dismantles The Holy Patriarchy

Cinema, television and media have been exposing more and more the shady business inside the Catholic Church, whether it was through the Paramount+ series Murder of God’s Banker, Netflix’s miniseries Vatican Girl: The Disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi or the Academy Award-winning film Spotlight. Through the years several dark sides of the Vatican have been exposed….

CJFC: ‘Laugh, Everyone’ Celebrates The Art Of Spreading Joy

Founded in 2021, the Chicago Japan Film Collective will celebrate its 5th anniversary with the Backstreet Cinema Series taking place from September 2025 until February 2026. This series highlights films that capture “the spirit and scenery of Japan.” One of the movies of the programme, that conveys the beauty and nostalgia towards Nipponic traditions, is…

Rhode Island International Film Festival Review: Bunnylovr is a Fascinating, Empathetic Character Study of a New York Cam-Girl

©Fair Oaks Entertainment Navigating real-life loneliness and sense of identity in an increasingly virtual world can be a constant struggle for anyone. That can be especially true for those people who seem to have a perfect life online. Becca, the protagonist in the new drama, Bunnylovr, ponders her self-worth as she contends with personal boundaries….

Linda Linda Linda, Restored and Re-Released

©Courtesy of GKIDS “Linda Linda” is one of the biggest hits from Japan’s most popular punk bands, the Blue Hearts. Yet, this Japanese high school garage band totally makes it their own, despite their new Korean vocalist’s spotty command of the language. A lot of Americans discovered the real band indirectly through this film when…

‘Riefenstahl,’ A Cogent Look Into The Life Of The Unapologetic Nazi-Era Filmmaker

The winning film of the Cinema & Arts Award at the 81st Venice Film Festival arrives in the star-spangled nation. Through this documentary, filmmaker Andres Veiel makes a compelling portrait of one of the most controversial women of the 20th century, a filmmaker entangled with the Nazi party: Leni Rifenstahl. Riefenstahl uses a variety of…

Caught Stealing : Video Review by Matthew Schuchman

Check out more of our YouTube Channel  Matthew Schuchman : In the early 90s, while at the video store with his friends who wanted to rent Don’t Tell Mom The Babysitter’s Dead, Matthew asked the clerk if they had any copies of Naked Lunch available. A film buff from an early age, he would turn…

How I Learned to Not Hate M. Night Shyamalan’s ‘Unbreakable’ After 25 Years

To say that I’ve had a strange relationship with filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan over the years would be an understatement, but that was especially the case earlier in his career in the years before I officially became a film critic. After making a few other movies, Shyamalan broke onto the scene with his blockbuster hit,…

‘Sunday Best’ Is A Profound Cinematic Portrait Of Ed Sullivan


The world of journalism changed from before the digital era. With the advent of television, information and entertainment have walked hand in hand, reshaping news anchors into the infotainers(reshaping the landscape of television with its cutting-edge approach to Infotainment). Several of these figures had a solid background in journalism and brought their ethics within the…

Ne Zha II, the Chinese Animated Blockbuster

©Courtesy of A24 In Wan Laiming’s classic 1961 Chinese animated film, the Monkey King created real Havoc in Heaven. Similarly, in this film, Ne Zhe, the Buddhist guardian folk hero, eventually leads a genuine insurrection against the celestial rulers, worthy of John Milton. Both films illustrate the Mainland Chinese movie going public’s continuing preference for…