Refusing to live up to anyone else’s standards is a perfect guide to become a meaningful and memorable leader. Jenna Ortega is proving just that with her unique portrayal of Wednesday Addams, the iconic anti-heroine from the celebrate Addams Family franchise. The actress stepped into the role of the titular independent protagonist for the new…
“There is a birthplace and there is a home place”. The words from Reverend Norvel Goff Sr opens the documentary “After Sherman”. It is also the core of what is to follow. We are where we come from, but we become where we are. Wherever home is now, the past is always present. For the…
Some of the most honorable people in the world are those who are so loyal to the people of their country that they’re willing to put their own safety into jeopardy. That was certainly the case for the first African-American elite fighter pilot in the U.S. Navy, Jesse Brown, who served during the Korean War….
Fifteen years ago, Amy Adams starred as Giselle, a woman transplanted from an animated fairytale world into live-action New York City in Enchanted. Much has changed in the time since then, even just for Adams and for the studio that made the film. Adams has earned five additional Oscar nominations and regularly gets top billing…
The pioneer of New German Cinema ventures into the intricate realms of the mind. Werner Herzog, who recently turned 80 is receiving DOC NYC’s Lifetime Achievement Award, and at that same festival is presenting his latest work, Theater Of Thought. The documentary explores the various scientific facets of the human brain, from artificial intelligence to…
Infusing satire into a dark comedy is a powerful way for filmmakers to amplify the circumstances, while also retaining authentic elements, of any situation. That’s certainly the case for the story of the new ensemble dark comedy thriller, The Menu. The feature cleverly indicts the excessive, exclusive culture of the elite upper class in a…
The Lamborghini name resonates in the hearts of automobile enthusiasts worldwide. Filmmaker Bobby Moresco — who won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Crash in 2006, which he shared with co-writer Paul Haggis — traces the origins of the brand, by bringing to the silver screen a biopic about the founder of the…
Life cycle events often bring people who wouldn’t otherwise see each other together, and that’s not always a good thing. Funerals and other mournful occasions may lead to the surmounting of previously problematic divisions, and they can also signify a complete and permanent separation since any relationship is no longer necessary with the passing of…
“It was all started by a mouse,” are the famous words pronounced by Walt Disney when describing his career as an animator. The documentary directed by Jeff Malmberg and produced by Oscar-winning Morgan Neville, Mickey: The Story Of A Mouse, takes us back to the origins of that glorious character and his evolution through the…
Jonas Mekas is known worldwide as the “the godfather of American avant-garde cinema.” The story of the Lithuanian-American filmmaker, poet, and artist is now crystallised in a beautiful documentary, directed by KD Davidson, that is part of the DOC NYC 2022 line-up. Fragments Of Paradise is divided into chapters that alternate original black and white…
Japan Society’s autumn programme features an inspiring array of films in collaboration with the National Film Archive of Japan, with the series The Female Gaze: Women Filmmakers from JAPAN CUTS and Beyond. A great classic of Japanese cinema is being shown in this occasion, in a new 4K restoration version. The picture is Conflagration (Enjō)…
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