The New York Asian Film Festival returns for its 20th edition from July 15th until the 31st to increase exposure of Asian representation on screen. The kermesse will provide opportunities for audiences of all communities to experience the diversity of this culture and establish connections between East and West. One of the films in the…
Since bursting onto the scene with her debut feature, Chocolat (1988), Claire Denis has largely been exploring the ins and outs of close knit relationships. Teaming up with Juliette Binoche for their third consecutive production together, Denis this time around delves into the complications of a relationship in the world of Covid-19. The events that…
In 1958 a novel written by Paul Gallico revolutionised the depiction of fairytale heroines: Mrs. ‘Arris Goes to Paris. It was the first in a series of four books about the adventures of a London charwoman, who falls madly in love with a couture Dior dress, and decides she must have one of her own….
The sixth and last completed novel by Jane Austen, Persuasion, was published in 1817 with readers being introduced to her most emancipated female of the Regency Era: Anne Elliot. This work, that was published posthumously, is considered the one to have the most modern approach for the way it questions traditional beliefs and shifts attitude…
Film Critic : Abe Friedtanzer Abe Friedtanzer is a film and TV enthusiast who spent most of the past fifteen years in New York City. He has been the editor of MoviesWithAbe.com and TVwithAbe.com since 2007, and has been predicting the Oscars, Emmys, Golden Globes, and SAG Awards since he was allowed to stay up…
Japan Society returns with its Summer Series, that includes an iconic film of the Sixties directed by Ishirō Honda: Mothra. This kaijū (strange beast), first appeared in the movie produced and distributed by Toho Studios, and was later featured in several Toho tokusatsu films, especially in the Godzilla franchise. The story originates from the serialised…
The computer-animated action comedy Minions : The Rise Of Gru, produced by Illumination and distributed by Universal Pictures, premiered at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival. The film is set in the Seventies, after the events of the previous movie with a twelve year old Gru who is growing up in the suburbs. Like every adolescent he…
History has defined the hierarchy of power through estates. The French Revolution dismantled the archetypical tryptic of the First (clergy), Second (aristocracy) and Third (commoners) estates of the realm. The modern era brought the advent of a new force: the Fourth Estate, characterised by the mass media and its explicit capacity of advocacy and implicit…
The number of films being made about the COVID-19 pandemic seems to be increasing, and for good reason: what many thought was going to be a two-week break from normalcy has become, two years in, a new reality where some restrictions are still in place in parts of the country, some people continue to wear…
From Warner Bros. Pictures and visionary Oscar nominated director Baz Luhrmann comes to the silver screen a phenomenal biopic about the legendary Elvis Presley. Elvis, not only explores the life and music of the iconic star, but it also unveils the villainous doings of his manager. The story about Elvis Aaron Presley (Austin Butler) is…
When director Scott Derrickson and co-writer C. Robert Cargill unleashed Sinister onto the world in 2012, they were shot into a new legendary status in the horror community. While the two teamed up for more releases from other horror films to the first Doctor Strange movie, they find themselves back in that Sinister aura for…
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