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SXSW Film Review: Eva Longoria Ignites Passionate Origin Story for Titular Cheetos Snack in Directorial Feature Debut ‘Flamin’ Hot’
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SXSW Film Review: Eva Longoria Ignites Passionate Origin Story for Titular Cheetos Snack in Directorial Feature Debut ‘Flamin’ Hot’

Being able to channel their heritage and upbringing into the corporate workforce that has long shunned their values, beliefs and overall identities is a courageous journey for anyone who’s determined to be seen by society. That’s certainly true for successful Mexican-American businessman Richard Montañez, whose life is chronicled in the endearing new biographical comedy-drama, Flamin’…

Karen Benardello
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SXSW Film Review – ‘Being Mary Tyler Moore’ Offers a Vibrant Portrait of a Trailblazing Actress and TV Creator
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SXSW Film Review – ‘Being Mary Tyler Moore’ Offers a Vibrant Portrait of a Trailblazing Actress and TV Creator

Mary Tyler Moore was a tremendous influential figure in television history, paving the way for other female comedians and actresses and advancing the depth of Hollywood’s portrayal of women. Her legacy has been preserved through reruns of The Dick Van Dyke Show and The Mary Tyler Moore Show, but as is always the case, there…

Abe Friedtanzer
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SXSW Film Review – ‘You Can Call Me Bill’ is an Honest, Open-Ended Conversation with William Shatner
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SXSW Film Review – ‘You Can Call Me Bill’ is an Honest, Open-Ended Conversation with William Shatner

William Shatner has had quite the career. The Canadian actor, who celebrates his ninety-second birthday this coming week, got a leading role on the original Star Trek series in his mid-thirties that has endeared him to many generations of ardent fans. Now, his admirers have spoken and come together via Legion M, which bills itself…

Abe Friedtanzer
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Review: “John Wick: Chapter 4” Keeps the Bodies Dropping
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Review: “John Wick: Chapter 4” Keeps the Bodies Dropping

It’s been nine years since the first John Wick film broke audiences brain’s and helped kick-start a new trend in action films (I’ll still argue it started with The Raid: Redemption). Even though almost a decade has passed and we’re on the 4th installment of the series, it feels like people are still reacting to…

Matthew Schuchman
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SXSW Film Review – ‘Late Bloomers’ is an Uplifting Look at Life, Aging, and Potential
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SXSW Film Review – ‘Late Bloomers’ is an Uplifting Look at Life, Aging, and Potential

There is no specific point at which every person realizes that they’ve become an adult. Instead, significant life events may trigger emotional crises and a sense that they either need to get their acts together or that they don’t have nearly as much time left as they thought. Experiencing a medical issue typically associated with…

Abe Friedtanzer
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New York International Children’s Film Festival / Review: ‘Home Is Somewhere Else’ Presents Stories of Borderland Children
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New York International Children’s Film Festival / Review: ‘Home Is Somewhere Else’ Presents Stories of Borderland Children

As described by the producers of Home is Somewhere Else, “The brilliance of animated documentary is that it can provide an imaginative space to envision someone else’s story.” Now being shown at the New York International Children’s Film Festival, this charming and provocative documentary by Carlos Hagerman and Jorge Villalobos is an arresting and sensitive…

Edward Moran
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Sasaki In My Mind, A Cinematic Flow Of The Mind Amidst Unmet Expectations
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Sasaki In My Mind, A Cinematic Flow Of The Mind Amidst Unmet Expectations

The intricacies of consciousness, as it wanders through time and space restlessly jumping back and forth from present to the past, is lyrically represented by the Japanese film Sasaki In My Mind.  Director Takuya Uchiyama craftily leads us back to a time when all our aspirations were possible, when the blank slate of the future…

Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi
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Love Life, A Captivating Depiction Of The Vicious Circle Of Heartbreak
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Love Life, A Captivating Depiction Of The Vicious Circle Of Heartbreak

Director Kōji Fukada brings to the silver screen a magnificent cinematic piece that portrays, with utter authenticity, how powerless we are in the face of life, death and often times love. As one of the characters says at one point, there is no science or religion that can protect us from mortality. Love Life is…

Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi
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The Long Game
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SXSW Film & TV Festival Review – ‘The Long Game’ is an Uplifting Underdog Sports Drama

Throughout history, there has been a prevailing sense that one group’s ability to enjoy doing something will be inherently threatened by the inclusion of others. This has taken many forms over the ages, and in recent American history has involved exclusive clubs with membership requirements that ban people based on race, religion, and gender. Barriers…

Abe Friedtanzer
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Rendez-Vous with French Cinema: The Innocent, A Nimble-Witted Heist Comedy
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Rendez-Vous with French Cinema: The Innocent, A Nimble-Witted Heist Comedy

After Two Friends (2015), A Faithful Man (2018) and The Crusade (2021), Louis Garrel returns behind the camera with The Innocent (L’Innocent), presented at the 75th Cannes Film Festival. This feature was recently part of the 28th edition of Rendez-Vous with French Cinema in New York City. Garrel throughout L’Innocent reminds his spectators how cinema…

Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi
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Film Review: Scream VI Slays with Captivating Fight Sequences and Emotionally Intelligent Female Protagonists
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Film Review: Scream VI Slays with Captivating Fight Sequences and Emotionally Intelligent Female Protagonists

Honoring classic genre tropes while also distinguishing the difference between new and legacy characters and plot points has been a long held tradition in Hollywood horror movies. The Scream franchise has found extreme success doing just that in a comical, meta way since the release of its first entry in 1996, which helped make household…

Karen Benardello
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