Rap is a music genre like so many others, and yet it’s not regarded that way by some. An experimental survey that utilized a folk song from the 1960s got predictably skewed results when respondents thought its lyrics came from a rap song and assigned malicious real-life intent to many of its words. That rappers…
©Courtesy of Sundance Institute Your relationship with your parents has a significant impact on who you became as an individual. Since most children can’t choose their parents when they’re born, it’s really impactful on a kid if their dad was incarcerated for a very long time. In “Daughters,” a heart-wrenching film that was recently shown…
People process grief in different ways. Some may dwell on a loss without being able to process anything else, while others seek to bury themselves in work or other activity so they rarely have time to stop and remember what’s gone. Ghostlight showcases a family unit that’s grappling with a devastating tragedy and can’t quite…
Privately grappling with systemic iniquities that arise from their personal experiences linked to sexual assault is a harrowing enough experience for survivors. But journalist Shiori Ito is amplifying her courageous fight for justice for not only herself, but all victims, in the new biographical documentary, Black Box Diaries. Ito, who made her feature film directorial…
In their last film, the acclaimed “The Truffle Hunters”, (2020) the American directors Gregory Kershaw and Michael Dweck travelled to Northern Italy’s Piedmont to capture a dying community. In that deliciously wonderful film, they pay tribute to the elderly men and their dogs who sniff out the rare Alba truffle in the forests, later to…
Most movies have at least some redeeming elements. Even if not everything works perfectly, there can be a saving grace. But when a concept flails and it only gets more absurd as the film goes on, it can be hard to find something worthy of praise. Krazy House, screening in the Midnight section at the…
Courtesy of Neon The film directed by the illustrious German filmmaker was presented in competition at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury and the Best Actor Award for Kōji Yakusho. Wim Wenders’ Perfect Days shows Japan through the eyes of a European, and was nominated for the…
Compulsive love and the intense crimes that accompany it are two of the leading signs that a relationship is toxic in real life. But in a film noir piece like the new romantic drama, Love Lies Bleeding, those characteristics make such a connection titillating and exciting. The action-adventure movie is an intense, unconventional queer love…
No one likes to be told that they’re not capable of being in charge of their own life. But as people age and faculties begin to diminish, those who have previously taken care of themselves may need to depend on someone else. That can be a difficult transition, especially for someone whose mental capacity remains…
Photo by Peter Mountain/Universal Pictures Matthew Vaughn is such an interesting filmmaker. He has made a slew of very well known and well regarded films since jumping into the director’s chair. Yet, if you bring up his name to anyone who isn’t a direct fan, they probably would ask, “Who’s that?”. Sure, they know his…
People want to know about where they come from, especially if all they know about it comes from stories and relayed memories. In his second time directing, Jesse Eisenberg presents a look at the kind of trip that many descendants of Holocaust survivors make, traveling to a European country from which their families were deported…
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