©Courtesy of GKIDS A Danish princess is about to discover “The Undiscovered Country.” That metaphor for the mysteries of the afterlife, taken from Shakespeare’s Hamlet, previously inspired the sixth (and probably best) original Star Trek film. It also could have very easily served as the title for Mamoru Hosoda’s new anime feature. The title character’s…
Richard Gere has left his mark on the silver screen with films such as An Officer and a Gentleman, Days of Heaven, American Gigolo, Breathless, Pretty Woman, First Knight, Primal Fear, Chicago, Unfaithful, Looking for Mr. Goodbar, Cotton Club, Shall We Dance? and Internal Affairs. But the list of his prestigious performances is long, featuring…
©Courtesy of Neon The prologue sets the emotional architecture of “Sentimental Value”, the Grand Prize winner at Cannes. We’re introduced to two sisters’ childhood home — a magnificent red wooden house in Oslo, Norway — that serves as the emotional center of the story. The film then cuts to a young stage actress, moments before her…
We are in Argentina in the year 1983, when targets of the military dictatorship are all those believed to be associated with activist groups. The story takes place in prison, where two inmates are forced to share a cramped cell: Molina (Tonatiuh), a window dresser convicted of public indecency and Marxist revolutionary Valentín (Diego Luna)….
When people talk about New York filmmakers, Martin Scorsese and Spike Lee are frequently the first two names that come to mind, while Jim Jarmusch is often forgotten, maybe because he hasn’t made much of an effort to set or film any of his movies in his own city. One of the segments in Night…
©Courtesy of GKIDS When asked why he runs, a junior high track star replies “to win,” as if it’s a stupid question, but it isn’t. In fact, several Japanese track stars at various stages of their careers must wrestle with that question throughout this film, especially during losing streaks. Yet, they keep running in Kenji…
©Courtesy of Amazon MGM Studios Engaging in meandering debates about clashing ethics and contentious power dynamics can reveals people’s drastically different views on social justice. The upcoming crime drama, After the Hunt, explores the dispute of morality, particularly related to sexual assault, with fearless abandon. First-time screenwriter Nora Garrett penned the new psychological thriller. She…
©Courtesy of Neon Rave culture has always thrived outside the mainstream, an underground heartbeat pulsing against the silence of daily life. For many, the rave isn’t just music—it’s rebellion, refuge, and pilgrimage. The ravers of “Sirāt“, Oliver Laxe’s Cannes Jury Prize winner and Spain’s Oscar contender, now creating buzz at the New York Film Festival,…
@Courtesy fo Focus Features Daniel Day-Lewis is back from retirement, and this is fantastic news for anyone who loves movies. But which Daniel Day-Lewis is back? It is indeed a legitimate question, since in my opinion there have been at least two different kinds of performer that he was able to develop in his extraordinary…
@Courtesy of 20 Century Studios The core of the story is simple and universal: a man in his early thirties is deeply haunted by the ghosts of his past, especially an abusive father figure who made his childhood a mix of joy and deep sorrow. After all those years he still doesn’t know how to…
©Courtesy of GKIDS An isolated scream of personal despair can ultimately become the voice of a generation that’s contending with the nature of their existence. The anguish felt in the reverberating cry of the young heroine in the fantasy anime movie, Angel’s Egg, echoes the crisis of faith many adolescents face as they come of…
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