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Film Review – ‘Asteroid City’ is the Latest Weird Cinematic Meditation from the One and Only Wes Anderson

Certain filmmakers have a particular style that makes their films instantly recognizable to audiences, be it a color palette, troupe of regular actors, or a narrator to anchor their stories. Wes Anderson utilizes all these and many more, and each of his projects adds a handful of new performers to his already extensive ensemble as…

Tribeca Film Festival: Navigating the Frats in “The Line”

If there is something that isn’t much in the way of new news for a long time; too many movies are delving into some very familiar territory. It’s been dominating the narrative selections so far at the 2023 Tribeca Film Festival. That doesn’t have to be a bad thing. When a writer/director can take a…

Tribeca Festival Review – ‘Against All Enemies’ Examines the Intersection of Veterans and Extremism in Today’s Political Climate

The storming of the United States Capitol on January 6th, 2021 by a large group that believed itself to be disenfranchised was a startling event, one that has been documented extensively thanks in part to the eager efforts of those there that day to capture what they were doing. Its impact reverberates politically and culturally…

Tribeca Festival Review: Filmmaker Sav Rodgers Secures Legacy in LGBTQA+ Film Culture After Chasing Chasing Amy

One person’s personal love letter to how society shaped their past relationships and development can ultimately become a public road map for other people’s future connections and evolution. That powerful journey of how someone’s growth influences the progress of another’s advancement is is chronicled in the new documentary, Chasing Chasing Amy. The vital entry in…

Tribeca Film Festival: Run as Fast as You Can From “Bad Things”

Though there are always new and fresh ideas being delivered through the horror genre, there is always a note of familiarity in most of their plotlines. Family terrorized by vengeful spirits, teens chased by crazed maniac, inanimate object becomes sentient and starts killing. The list could go on forever. The new horror film, Bad Things,…

Tribeca Film Festival: Je’vida, A Universal Tale To Protect Indigenous Cultures

Katja Gauriloff, the award-winning film director from Finland, presents at the Tribeca Film Festival another of her influential films: Je’vida. The beautifully-shot, black and white, picture is a journey of acceptance, discovery and reconciliation. The narrative opens up with an aunt (Lida) and her niece (Sanna) who have never met before and drive to Lapland…

Flamin’ Hot, A Flavoursome Rags To Riches Story

If you can dream it, you can do it. This is the feel good message of Flamin’ Hot, that marks Eva Longoria’s directorial debut and brings to the screen the story of a man who went from being a janitor to Director of Multicultural Marketing in a multinational company. Richard Montañez (Jesse Garcia), after a…

The Cannes Film Festival : Abbé Pierre – A Century of Devotion Review : Thank You To This Film, I Am Now Enlightened!

A biopic about Henri Groues better known as Abbe Pierre who entered priesthood shunning his opulent family background. He almost lost his life as part of resistance during World War II. He became Deputy of the Popular Republican Movement (MRP). He literally fought for every cause that causes mankind indignity. He waged war against hunger,…

The Cannes Film Festival : The 10 Minute Standing Ovation Proved That The Audience Enjoyed ‘Cobweb’

Synopsis :In the 1970s, Director Kim is obsessed by the desire to re-shoot the ending of his completed film Cobweb, but chaos and turmoil grip the set with interference from the censorship authorities, and the complaints of actors and producers who can’t understand the re-written ending. Will Kim be able to find a way through this…

Review: Can Miles Morales Travel “Across the Spider-Verse”

One of the biggest shocks and surprises to the superhero film world was the release of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-verse in 2018. I’m not saying people were expecting it to fail before it came out, but fans didn’t seem to be ready for what many of them would consider the best comic book film, ever….

The Cannes Film Festival : Review / “Kennedy” Made Me Cry!

“Kennedy” starts showing the lead character cool, poised and collected. We see modern India but enveloped in a sea of red warm colors as if foreshadowing of a murder that will happen. Yes a well planned murder happens and Kennedy is the culprit. All of this happening in a high end condo complete with full…