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New York Film Festival / Review: Seeing Past the “White Noise”

Many directors throughout film history have a well defined signature. They’re always associated with a specific type of film. Even though Martin Scorsese has made many films outside the crime/suspense genre, the majority of moviegoers will think only of his gangster pics. Noah Baumbach on the other hand, has almost exclusively delivered personal, dramatic tales…

Hocus Pocus 2 : Review / “One Way Or Another” The Salem Sisters Enthral Once More

If you were a kid in the Nineties it was quite impossible not to be charmed by the despicable Sanderson Sisters in Kenny Ortega’s Hocus Pocus. Its sequel arrives twenty-nine years later, with a female director at the helm of this production. Dancer, actress and choreographer Anne Fletcher — also known for directing films like…

Diane Kruger To Play Marlene Dietrich

© Copyright 2014, FX Networks. All rights reserved and Paramount Pictures. online pharmacy furosemide over the counter with best prices today in the USA “National Treasure” and “Inglorious Basterds“ actress Diane Kruger is slate to embody a legendary German actress Marlene Dietrich in an upcoming 5-Part TV series helmed by director Fatih Akin.  Kruger will reunite with Golden…

New York Film Festival : Review – ‘Aftersun’ is a Captivating, Intimate Father-Daughter Story

There is a special bond that can exist between a father and daughter. What it looks like depends greatly on a variety of circumstances, including the presence of another parent or other siblings, and whether time together is a regular occurrence that is normal and expected or an infrequent delight that proves far too fleeting….

No Bears, A Metafiction That Dismembers The Ur-Patriarchy

Persian filmmaker, associated with the Iranian New Wave film movement, Jafar Panahi, has been persecuted in his home country for years because of the explicit social critique he has expressed through his craft. His latest film, No Bears, that won the Special Jury Prize at the 79th Venice International Film Festival, continues his plight in…

Film Review: Don’t be Scared of a Little “Smile”

Genre films have always lent themselves as an avenue to explore deep, human issues. The powers that be might always shove them to the back of the pack when it comes to considering the merit of a well devised horror film. More and more though, people are realizing just how cathartically powerful the themes horror…

“Don’t Worry Darling” : Review / The Story Doesn’t Add Up to the Production Values

Even before viewing “Don’t Worry Darling” — director/actor Olivia Wilde’s latest outing and sophomore effort — audiences were besieged by tabloid gossip reports of the behind-the-scenes drama which already served up the divorced paper on the center stage of what was about to happen on the screen.  Oftentimes, when a film’s lead actress — in this…

Netflix’s Blonde Spurs Mixed Feelings As It Attempts To Eviscerate Trauma

Endless works of art were inspired by the legendary platinum blonde bombshell. Marilyn Monroe, also known as Norma Jeane Baker, was homaged by artists like Andy Warhol and an incommensurable number of filmmakers who tried to tell her story through their craft. Netflix, just a few months ago released Emma Cooper’s documentary The Mystery of…

Toronto International Film Festival/ “Broker” Review: Hirokazu Koreeda’s first Korean language movie is a Tender and Bittersweet Portrait of an Unlikely Family of Outcasts

There is no doubt that the Japanese master filmmaker Hirokazu Koreeda is fascinated with family. Not necessary a nuclear family and family bound by blood. In his latest film “Broker”, as in his Golden Palm winner and Oscar nominated “Shoplifters”, he forms an unconventional family of a group of criminals. This time on an unusual…

Film Review – ‘Catherine Called Birdy’ is a Spirited and Fun Look at a 13th-Century Story from Lena Dunham

The late 13th century isn’t a time known for individualism and free-thinking personalities, but that doesn’t mean they didn’t exist. Whether or not they did live then, it’s a creative way to look back at a long-gone era with far too many aspects reminiscent in today’s patriarchal society. The 1994 novel Catherine Called Birdy by…

A Jazzman’s Blues, Is A Bona Fide Deep South Melodrama

Written, directed and produced by Academy Award honouree Tyler Perry, A Jazzman’s Blues, takes audiences on a four-decade journey of forbidden love in the American Southern states. The film, that premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, will be available on Netflix. The movie unspools the vicissitudes of Bayou (Joshua Boone) and Leanne (Solea Pfeiffer)…