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Tribeca Festival/ Summer War Review: Games on the Chilean Coast

©Courtesy of Tribeca Festival Chilean filmmaker Alicia Scherson has established herself as one of the leading voices in contemporary Latin American cinema through films such as “Play” (2005), “Turistas” (2009) and “Il Futuro” (2013), earning international recognition for her intimate, character-driven storytelling. She has also maintained a connection to the work of the acclaimed writer…

Tribeca Festival Review: Deepfake is a Hilarious Satire About Reinvention in the Age of Social Media

©Courtesy of Tribeca Festival In an era where branding feels more important than fulfillment, Deepfake explores the complicated relationship between identity, validation and authenticity. The new comedy blends fashion, technology and social satire into a story that examines how easily self-improvement can become self-erasure. The film ponders when life is curated for public consumption, what…

The Furious: Joe Taslim & Xie Mao vs. Human Traffickers

ⒸCourtesy of Lionsgate  Action movie heroes hate human traffickers—and rightly so. They are the scum of the earth, whom nobody would defend. Notable examples include, Liam Neeson in Taken, Veronica Ngo in Furie, Jim Caviezel in Sound of Freedom, and Dolph Lundgren in Skin Trade, and in real-life as an advocate for victims. Now, Joe…

“Masters of the Universe” 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 his…

Tribeca Festival/ Memorizu Review: A Quietly Beautiful Japanese Meditation on Memory

©Courtesy of Tribeca Festival Our everyday lives are made up of countless small moments that slowly gather over time. Most of them are forgotten because they seem ordinary and insignificant. Lacking the drama of major events, they fade almost as soon as they occur. In great films such as Wim Wenders’ “Perfect Days” (2023) Jim…

‘The Gas Station Attendant,’ Immigration Is Shown Through A Dual-Perspective

The gaze of second-generation immigrants captures the plight of its forbearers. This is what film director Karla Murthy projects in her documentary The Gas Station Attendant. Through the use of footage from home videos and old recorded tapes, the director and Emmy-nominated producer who began her career working for several news programs on PBS, finds…

Tribeca Festival/ Sad Girlz Review: Swimming Through Silence: A Striking Mexican Debut

© Still from the film by DoP: Rosa Hadit Hernández © Colectivo Colmena Sexual assault remains one of the most urgent and complex issues facing young people today. Despite increased awareness, it is still shrouded in silence, confusion, and contradiction. More troubling still, it often arises not from the outside, but within spaces meant to feel…

Chie Hayakawa’s “Renoir” is Emotionally Complex Coming-of-Age Drama

©Courtesy of Film Movement  Kids always pick up on more than their parents realize. That is especially true of eleven-year-old Fuki Okita. She fully understands that her father Keiji is dying from cancer and that her mother Utako is dealing with it badly. In fact, she often rather awkwardly acknowledges these facts to her increasingly…

“Spider-Noir” : 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…

Pressure: Forecasting D-Day

  Just imagine how today’s media and politicians would have reacted to the Allied Normandy landing. On D-Day, June 6, 1944, American forces suffered 6,000 casualties, out which 2,500 were confirmed fatalities. That was simply to land on and hold the beaches of Normandy. Almost an entire year a fighting still lay ahead, including the…

Park Chan-wook Is Seen As The Antidote To The Hallyu-wood Phenomenon

After presiding the 2026 Cannes Film Festival Jury, Park Chan-wook has been part of the 27th edition of La Milanesiana conceived and directed by Elisabetta Sgarbi. Two days homaged the award-winning South Korean director — with a Masterclass moderated by Marco Müller and a screening marathon of his The Vengeance Trilogy (Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance,…