Take a seat if you’re not already sitting down. What I’m about to say might shock many of you. I never really cared about Everybody Loves Raymond. I have no personal distaste for the show itself, or Ray Romano…it was just never my kind of thing. Naturally, I have no real connection to Romano or…
While a definitive list doesn’t exist you’d be hard-pressed to find a ranking of the most covered songs of all time that does not include Leonard Cohen’s, Hallelujah. It’s become an instant classic to many music fans. Many who would call it their favorite song, even if they’ve never heard the original Cohen recording. Now,…
Competencia Oficial (Official Competition) is an irresistible Spanish-Argentine black comedy film directed by Gastón Duprat & Mariano Cohn, from a screenplay by Duprat, Cohn, and Andrés Duprat. It stars Antonio Banderas, Penélope Cruz and Oscar Martínez, who also produced this irreverent cinematic work. After The Illustrious Citizen, presented at the Venice Film Festival in 2016,…
Check out more of our video reviews and interviews on our YouTube channel. Above the Line vs Below the Line. Episode 23 : Film Critic vs Film Critic Film Critic : Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi Works as film critic and journalist who covers stories about culture and sustainability. With a degree in Political Sciences, a Master’s…
Anyone who has ever lived in New York City surely has plenty of feelings about the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, better known as the MTA. NYC’s subway system has many lines and just as many problems, and it’s also key to how the city moves. A pre-pandemic estimate of serving six million riders per day just…
Roberto Faenza is an Italian film director, screenwriter and university professor who has a bountiful experience with international projects, having directed actors such as Harvey Keitel, Keith Carradine, Kristin Scott-Thomas, Miranda Richardson and Sex Pistols leader Johnny Rotten. He also has a deep sensitivity in telling stories that portray child psychology, which is an approach…
There’s a hefty linage of classic basketball films out there in the world. Hoosiers, Blue Chips, White Men Can’t Jump, He Got Game; these films are just a small sample of the myriad of hoop-centric films out there. By now, it’s hard to even fathom a new entry into any genre would be worthy of…
This is an urgent moment in American history for action on abortion rights. The landmark Roe v. Wade decision by the Supreme Court in 1973 making abortion legal in the United States is set to be overturned, and activists for reproductive justice have already begun to mobilize to ensure that doesn’t happen. It’s a particularly…
Oscar-winning director Roger Michell enchants audiences with his latest and last film Elizabeth: A Portrait in Part(s). The British filmmaker known for directing Notting Hill (1999), Venus (2006) and The Duke (2020), passed away on September 2021 after completing his final cinematic oeuvre: a whimsical collage documentary about Queen Elizabeth II. Using archive images spanning…
Though the style of his work has varied through-out the years, the lasting memory of David Cronenberg’s work for many has always been met with one very specific descriptor; body horror. As he may very well be the king of the body horror genre, his last six films– while maintaining an overall sense of Cronenbergian…
The thrilling and poignant first part of the fourth season of Stranger Things is now streaming on Netflix. The nostalgia-charged, 1980s-set, sci-fi drama picks up about a year after the events of Season 3. The quirky, lovable main characters, most of whom are now navigating the treacherous waters of high school society in addition to…
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