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Julio Quintana’s ‘The Long Game’ Celebrates the American Dream via Golf

Directed by Julio Quintana and based on the novel Mustang Miracle by Humberto G. Garcia, The Long Game is a heartwarming tale of how five Mexican-American high-schoolers overcome bigotry and stereotyping to form an award-winning championship golf team with the help of a coach who refuses to give up on them. It is also a…

Searching Through the Wasteland of Fallout

Amazon Prime’s Fallout TV series didn’t have to wait for the success of HBO’s adaptation of The Last of Us to get the green light. The adaptation of the Bethesda entries of the popular game series was already filming around the same time the Naughty Dog adaptation was wrapping. It isn’t necessary for one production…

SXSW Review: Diane Warren: Relentless Writes a Prolific Portrait

©Courtesy of Broken Road Production A story is only as good as its characters. Hollywood has long embraced that mantra, particularly in crafting the ideas that are featured in its films and in the soundtracks that accompany them. Emmy-nominated documentarian Bess Kargman has done just that with her new feature, Diane Warren: Relentless, about the…

‘Brandy Hellville: The Cult of Fast Fashion,’ A Fine Consumer Guide

©Courtesy of Max Saving the planet begins from our wardrobes. This is mission of the Fashion Revolution, a movement born in 2013 following the collapse of a clothing factory in Bangladesh, which awakened spirits globally. This initiative of activism encourages consumers to ask themselves: “Who Made My Clothes?” The same question and social themes are…

Should You Fear Monkey Man?

Photo by Universal Pictures – © Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved. Everyone loves Dev Patel. It’s been great to see him grow and tackle so many different roles since his break out performance in Slumdog Millionaire after jumping from TV to film. But, for as many sides he has shown of himself, it seems there’s one…

Review: Royalty, Sensationalism and Journalism in ‘Scoop’

The British royal family hasn’t had an easy time over the past decade with the explosion in popularity of the Netflix series The Crown. Audiences eagerly watch and digest episodes, often taking its content as historical gospel rather than an occasionally (if not often) fictionalized version of the truth which, at the very least, imagines…

‘Sasquatch Sunset’ : Review / A Dark Tale Daring to Fail

At the end of this movie’s press screenings, it was honestly impossible to form a clear opinion about it. A few days after, the feelings and ideas about Sasquatch Sunset are still mixed. It is in fact quite difficult to fully embrace the work of David & Nathan Zellner due to its many issues, but at…

Review: Unmasking ‘The Antisocial Network: Memes to Mayhem’

Anyone can say anything from behind a computer screen and isn’t likely to immediately, if ever, experience consequences for their words. In most cases, harassment and threats don’t lead to anything in the real world, but when they do, it highlights the fragility of a system that’s been created with the potential for enormous destruction…

‘Last Stop Before Chocolate Mountain,’ A Wondrous Cinematic Depiction Of Bombay Beach

Multidisciplinary artist Susanna della Sala has come up with an oneiric documentary that captures the essence of Bombay Beach, a once abandoned town in the harsh California desert, where art heals people in the most unexpected ways. The picture has conquered already some of the most prestigious cultural kermesses, such as the Locarno Film Festival,…

‘Wicked Little Letters’ Review: A Wickedly Entertaining 3-Hander

It’s easy to say something mean behind someone’s back without having to look that person directly in the eyes. The internet has become an all-too-inviting space for trolls to harass people from the comfort of their living rooms, reducing any stakes given that they can’t easily be identified or found. This phenomenon, however popular and…

‘Kim’s Video,’ A Documentary Dedicated To Doing Justice To Film

For two decades, cinema lovers of the Big Apple found their Mecca in St Mark’s Place, in the treasure trove of rare motion pictures known as Kim’s Video. This rental shop amassed 55,000 titles, but in 2008 with the advent of the digital era people no longer rented videos and the destiny of this venerable…