@Courtesy of Sundance Film Festival Selected for the Next platform at the Sundance Film Festival 2025, the fourth feature film directed by Amanda Kramer deals with the human desire to find a deep meaning to life even in a world where everything seems to be shallow, superficial, almost pointless. At the center of By Design…
Ari marks Léonor Serraille’s third feature film, following Montparnasse Bienvenüe (Jeune Femme), that was awarded the Caméra d’Or at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival, and Un petit frère (Mother and son), that was presented in Official Competition at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival. The latest oeuvre by the French director landed the Competition of the…
©Courtesy of Sony Pictures Critic : 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 fascination…
Michel Franco, after his 2023 drama Memory reprises his collaboration with Jessica Chastain in Dreams. The international co-production between United States and Mexico, had its world premiere in the Main Competition of the 75 th Berlin International Film Festival, competing for the Golden Bear. The film shows how Fernando (Isaac Hernández), a young ballet dancer from…
©Kitsune Pictures If you are visiting Tokyo, you really should allow yourself more than twenty-hours and change to see the sights. However, finding a local to show you the city definitely helps. Sam did not originally plan his trip in such a way, but complications cut it short, just before a friend-of-a-friend agrees to serve…
The 75th Berlin International Film Festival opened with a sense of wonder. Besides the enchanting snow that gave the Opening Ceremony a spectacular Narnia effect, the first film that kicked off the German kermesse enveloped all the possible genres in the realm of motion pictures. If Richard Wagner was fond of the term Gesamtkunstwerk —…
©Courtesy of Sundance Film Festival After participating in the most prestigious European Film festivals like Cannes, Venice and Berlin, the American Iranian author Alireza Khatami lands at the Sundance Film Festival with his latest, stunning feature film. Selected for the World Cinema Dramatic Competition, The Things You Kill tells the story of Ali, a college…
©Courtesy of Sundance Film Festival The dedicated obsession many young adults develop to social media and technology isn’t always just a mindless addiction. The new film, Sugar Babies, is both a deeply personal and broadly resonant documentary. Its story offers a poignant commentary on how young adults, through the lens of its protagonist, Autumn Johnson,…
Courtesy of Sundance Film Festival There are layers behind the title “Cactus Pears“ (Sabar Bonda in Marathi). In these red pears there’s a soft, juicy flesh that’s bursting with sweet flavor. Filled with vitamins, indigenous people have used the juice for centuries to treat burns and hepatitis. It takes years to grow, but the sweetness…
©Courtesy of Universal Pictures Critic : 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 fascination…
©Courtesy of Sundance Film Festival The most difficult challenge that the first-time screenwriter/director/protagonist Eva Victor had to face with Sorry, Baby was certainly to find the difficult, delicate balance between the tones that she wanted to develop through the story. Her feature film starts with the reunion of two college best friends, Agnes (Victor) and…
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