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Sundance Film Festival: Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore Powerfully Reflects on the Pioneering Actress

©Courtesy of Sundance Film Festival Nearly 40 years after her groundbreaking breakout film role, for which she was he first deaf performer to win an Oscar, Marlee Matlin’s career and hearing-impaired identity is finally receiving the recognition she deserves. The new documentary, Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore shares how the challenges of language deprivation has…

2025 Sundance Recap Pt 2: ‘Brides,’ ‘bunnylovr,’ ‘Love, Brooklyn,’ ‘Bubble & Squeak’

Hopefully, you’ve read and enjoyed the first part of my Sundance wrap-up which included reviews of some of the best things I’ve seen over the past few days of virtual viewing, but not everything at Sundance Film Festival can be wine and roses, and now, here are four reviews of some of the weaker offerings….

Sundance Film Festival: ‘Last Days’ is an Intriguing Story of One Man’s Deadly Quest for Unachievable Salvation

In 2018, American missionary John Allen Chau was killed on North Sentinel Island, located off the coast of India and home to a tribe that has had very minimal contact with the outside world. Some described Chau’s death as a tragedy, while others blamed him for breaking the law and attempting to approach a population…

Jurassic World Rebirth | Official Trailer / Starring Scarlett Johansson, Mahershala Ali

A new era is born. This summer, three years after the Jurassic World trilogy concluded with each film surpassing $1 billion at the global box office, the enduring Jurassic series evolves in an ingenious new direction with Jurassic World Rebirth. Anchored by iconic action superstar Scarlett Johansson, Emmy and SAG nominee Jonathan Bailey and two-time…

The Color Within : Exclusive Interview With Director Naoko Yamada

©Courtesy of GKIDS The Color Within : Totsuko is a high school student with the ability to see the ‘colors’ of others. Colors of bliss, excitement, and serenity, plus a color she treasures as her favorite. Kimi, a classmate at her school, gives off the most beautiful color of all. Although she doesn’t play an…

‘Heart Eyes’ Director Josh Ruben Balances Humor and Horror in New Slasher (Video Interview)

Josh Ruben has been acting in and making short films and television for almost twenty years, but directing the horror-comedies Scare Me and Werewolves Within definitely put him under far more radars as a director. That might also have been why Christopher Landon (Happy Death Day, Freaky) and Spyglass Media Group (Scream) came to Ruben…

The Fantastic Four: First Steps | Official Teaser | Only in Theaters July 25

©Courtesy of Disney “THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS” INAUGURAL TRAILER & POSTER LAUNCHED THIS MORNING BY MARVEL’S FIRST FAMILY STARS PEDRO PASCAL, VANESSA KIRBY, JOSEPH QUINN & EBON MOSS-BACHRACH Marvel Studios’ “The Fantastic Four: First Steps”—in theaters July 25, 2025—invited a live audience and key cast members to U.S. Space & Rocket Center, HOME of…

Juliette Binoche Will Lead The Jury of the 78th Cannes Film Festival

©Courtesy of Sundance Select, “Clouds of Sils Maria.” The 78th edition of the Cannes Film Festival will see Juliette Binoche take over the role of jury president from Greta Gerwig. The Cannes jury will be headed by a woman for the second time in two years, marking the second time in the history of the…

Sundance Review: ‘Two Women’ is an Entertaining Showcase of Two Great Leads

Society has different expectations for men and women, due in large part to millennia of patriarchal systems where women were typically responsible for staying home to take care of the children. In a modern world, mothers can work after giving birth and function similarly to men, but there are still maternal connections that they’ll make…

‘Green and Gold’: A Tribute to the Persistence of Grace in the American Heartland

©Green and Gold Movie  Directed by Anders Lindwall, Green and Gold follows the tribulations of an elderly and grizzled Wisconsin dairy farmer as he tries to save his family farm from foreclosure. Though the film is set in the heart of America’s dairyland, there is nothing cheesy about this movie, largely due to the superb…

Takuya Kimura Teams up with Japanese Auteur Yoji Yamada for His Latest Film, “Tokyo Taxi”

©Courtesy of Kansai TV, Kyojo Shochiku announced that one of the major Japanese actor Takuya Kimura will appear in Japanese auteur Yoji Yamada‘s latest film “Tokyo Taxi” to be released on November 21.   “Tokyo Taxi”  will be the centerpiece film of the company’s 130th anniversary, and expectations from the company are said to be…