©Courtesy of Huayi Brothers The most surprising characters can often embark on the road to redemption in movies fueled by grandeur realism. The new dark comedy, Black Dog, is one such heartwarming feature that’s driven by its equally grandiose sentimentality and stark absurdism of its titular character. Chinese filmmaker Guan Hu directed the intimate tale…
©Courtesy of Janus Films For some, it will be hard to ignore the Biblical implications of this new animated tale. After all, it follows a rag-tag group of animals, who survive a sudden apocalyptic flood aboard a floating sanctuary. Yet, other viewers will see it as a cautionary environmentally-themed beast fable, somewhat in the tradition…
©Courtesy of Magnolia Pictures When filmmaker Raoul Peck took on the iconic James Baldwin (1924-1987), in his Oscar-nominated documentary I am Not Your Negro (2016), he wanted the writer himself to tell the story, not by a narrator like in a regular biography. Samuel L. Jackson read Baldwin’s profound words like he was him and…
The most extraordinary, trailblazing pioneers are often under-rated throughout their lives, as society can be afraid of the changes they’re striving to make. The late Stella Stevens, who died of complications from Alzheimer’s disease last year at the age of 84, was one such innovator throughout her career. The courageous steps she took in her…
©Courtesy of GKIDS By feline standards, Anzu is unusually lively. This might sound ironic, since he is a “ghost cat.” However, in this context, instead of denoting an undead state, his “ghostliness” means the thirty-seven-year-old will probably continue to live forever in his current roly-poly state of arrested emotional maturity. However, a pre-teen girl stands…
NBCUniversal brings to the silver screen the first doc about legendary Hollywood icon Humphrey Bogart endorsed by his estate. Bogart: Life Comes In Flashes, is the latest work by BIFA-winning, IDA-nominated, and BAFTA Breakthrough-selected filmmaker Kathryn Ferguson. The motion picture provides an inside look at the icon of Hollywood’s Golden Age, narrated in Bogart’s own words. We retrace…
24 years ago, filmmaker Ridley Scott tackled his first Roman epic with Gladiator, a movie that won five Oscars, including Best Picture and an Oscar for Russell Crowe for his performance as Roman General turned gladiator, Maximus. Few people thought we’d ever see the sequel that’s been bandied about ever since those Oscar wins, but…
Check out more of CinemaDaily US’ video interviews on our YouTube channel Critic Matthew Schuchman In the early 90s, while at the video store with his friends who wanted to rent Don’t Tell Mom The Babysitter’s Dead, Matthew asked the clerk if they had any copies of Naked Lunch available. A film buff from an…
Building a hypnotic blend of fascination and dread that pushes the boundaries of horror and sci-fi stories is a powerful skill that genre filmmakers often long strive to achieve in their careers. Up-and-coming writer-director, Shannon Triplett is doing just that with her first feature, Desert Road. The new thriller chronicles how the project’s protagonist has…
Fifteen short features by independent Japanese filmmakers were screened the weekend of November 1-2 as part of the thirteenth annual New York Japan CineFest (NYJCF) at the Asia Society in Manhattan and at the Thespis Theater in Queens. Mar Creation was the main host of the festival, working in collaboration with the Asia Society, the…
The film directed by Sareen Hairabedian is running in the Best Documentary Feature Film category for the 97th Academy Awards. My Sweet Land portrays the picturesque simplicity of rural life in Artsakh, milking cows, playing games using nuts as marbles, gazing at the roaming ducks and golden bees and attending clay workshops. Artsakh, also known…
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