@Courtesy of Tribeca Film Festival Winner of Best Movie and Best Screenplay in the U.S. Narrative Feature section at the Tribeca Film Festival, Griffin in Summer by the first-time director Nicholas Colia is a classic coming-of-age story. It’s way too classic. Set in the nice, clean, suburban small town that has no real name (let…
It’s in the common things we come across daily that life happens, not among the grand gestures, the dramatic moments, decisive turning points or splendid vacations. Although many yearn for the smell of freshly cut grass on the other side of the fence – if only a small or big change takes place, life would…
Even if you won fifteen Grand Slam tournaments and spent a record 237-straight weeks as the #1 ranked player on the ATP tour, knee injuries are a tricky business to bounce back from. Swiss tennis champion Roger Federer always assumed any surgery would spell the beginning of the end of his career—and he ruefully admits…
Milestone birthdays can do interesting things to people, forcing them to confront the years they’ve lived and to look ahead to what they may feel isn’t all that much time left as they thought. Blowout celebrations are common, as is the idea of reliving glory days, often prompting reunions with old friends who represent nostalgic…
©Courtesy of Tribeca Festival Time stands still in Bolivia’s La Paz. Every day, thousands of shoeshine boys swarm to the highest altitude capital in the world to find customers. Wearing thick balaclavas and baseball caps pulled down low to hide their faces, the lustrabotas come to work in one of the most undesirable professions facing discrimination…
Opening one’s home to a stranger can be seen as an act of generosity, but it also presents a calculated risk. Someone may come claiming the best intentions and have ulterior motives which put everyone who is already within the home in danger. There are those who are inherently more trustworthy because they know that…
Both good and bad instances of parenting can have a lasting effect on children. They don’t necessarily know what to expect, though those with separated parents can compare the actions and expressed sentiments of the two or look to their friends or extended family for other examples. But, ultimately, each relationship is individual, and even…
@Courtesy of Roadshow Attractions/Larry Horricks Adapting the 2013 novel Queen’s Gambit by Elizabeth Freemantle, Firebrand brings back to the big screen one of the most controversial figures in Great Britain’s History, King Henry VIII (1491-1547). In the past magnificent actors like Charles Laughton (The Private Life of Henry VIII, 1933), Robert Shaw (A Man For…
©Courtesy of Tribeca Festival Film representation has invigorated the independent cinema scene, amplifying the voices of minority groups. However, sometimes univocal descriptions of these groups can undermine their inclusive nature. Lost Bois, the directorial debut from Devyn Galindo, a trans-masc, Mēxihkah filmmaker, captures the quotidian intimacy and pervasive humanity within the transmasculine subculture. On June 4th,…
Every fighter wants to go out on top, and if that’s not the case, they’ll likely either spend the rest of their lives trying to achieve the glory that eluded them or leave it all behind to move on to something else. The former scenario certainly makes for better drama, and that’s part of the…
Starting over is never easy, and feeling the pull of a problematic past can threaten any future success. Getting out of prison often leaves newly freed individuals with nothing, forcing them to disclose their incarceration to potential employers and slowly earn back the trust of anyone they may still have in their lives. Associating with…
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