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Sundance Film Festival Review – ‘Call Jane’ Spotlights Early Heroes in the Battle for Abortion Access

The fight for abortion rights in the United States has been an uphill battle, and it is frequently pointed out that those making the decisions about what women can and cannot do with their bodies are almost always men. The irony of that is sadly lost on most, and, especially those who claim to value…

Sundance Film Festival Review- Searching Intimacy with, “Good Luck to You, Leo Grande.”

A favorite talking point of mine is that too many people confuse lust for love. Good Luck To You, Leo Grande (which from this point further will be mentioned simple as Good Luck… for brevities sake) in no way connects to this idea. But, in a similar vein, it looks at intimacy in a way that breaks it…

Sundance Film Festival Review – Venice Winner ‘Happening’ Showcases an Arduous Abortion Journey

Getting an abortion at this current moment can be a difficult thing even for those with excellent access to healthcare and abundant resources. Throughout history, it has mostly been an incredibly arduous and potentially life-threatening endeavor, one that held grave penalties for those who both were and were not successfully able to obtain an illegal…

Sundance Film Review – ‘Alice’ Tells a Powerful Tale of Redemption

It’s horrifying to think that the institution of slavery was widely accepted within a good portion of American society just over one hundred and fifty years ago. Those born into slavery may not have known what the rest of the world looked like and were likely taught that they were serving their rightful place, not…

Sundance Film Festival Review – Does “Dual” Duel Itself?

Ask me what my favorite films are and eventually- when I want to throw in some more modern choices – I’ll bring up Duncan Jones’s 2009 debut, Moon. With more than one layer to it, I always try to boil it down the philosophical journey of Moon into a signal sentence; “would you get along…

Sundance Film Festival Review – ‘Living’ Brings Akira Kurosawa’s ‘Ikiru’ to London

Society functions to a degree because most people don’t know when their lives will end. Having a sense of how much time someone has left in the world can affect their behavior entirely and inspire them to make decisions that are not at all in line with how they typically operate. It can also lead…

Sundance Film Festival Review – Sinead O’Connor Doc “Nothing Compares” Brings Powerful Words to the Next Generations

The world wasn’t quite ready when Sinéad O’Connor ripped up Pope John Paul II’s photograph protesting the Catholic church’s child abuse accusations in front of Saturday Night Live’s audience in 1992. Her action was met with a barrage of hatred and doomed her once-thriving career. But the Sundance premiere of the documentary Nothing Compares captured…

Sundance Film Festival Review – “After Yang” brings fresh notes to a familiar theme

All works of art focus on territories that have been tread on by many other artists before them. If you’re attached the methods of a classic piece to convey a specific message, you might be adverse to a newer attempt that aims to shed light on the same subject. While it is easy to still…

Sundance Film Festival Review – ‘When You Finish Saving the World’ is an Involving Directorial Debut for Jesse Eisenberg

It’s worth taking note when an actor who has turned in many strong performances steps behind the camera for the first time. online pharmacy trazodone over the counter with best prices today in the USA In all likelihood, their vision will be influenced by the directors they have worked with, and the product they create…

Film Review : Netflix’s ‘Munich: The Edge of War’ is a Solid Look Back at a Tipping Point in History

The run-up to a major conflict is often filled with great tension, but it can also be a period of relative peace, where those not actively involved in negotiations or strategy might be blissfully aware of anything being unstable. Looking back on history, it’s easy to see the points at which direct action at an…

Film Review – ‘Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy’ Examines the Way We Speak and What We Actually Say

The moments we spend in conversation with other people can be informative both for what is said and what is left unsaid. A continued exchange of words doesn’t necessarily translate to a clear communication, and one person may be trying to express something that doesn’t come across at all or is purposely vague in an…