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New York Film Festival : Review/ Luca Guadagnino Returns to the 80’s with Timothée Chalamet in Deliciously Daring and Romantic “Bones and All”

Luca Guadagnino has an underdog’s needs. After examining the changing shades of desire in his linked “I Am Love”, “A Bigger Splash” and “Call Me by Your Name” he now enters a world of forbidden needs and rips our hearts out. In “Bones and All” the law of desire is both heartbreaking and blood-soaked when…

Film Review – ‘Amsterdam’ is a Star-Studded 1930s Adventure 

There have presumably been, throughout history, many great adventures and heroes whose stories and identities have faded into obscurity. That may be as a result of their covert success and aversion of some greater peril or through the deliberate suppression of information to prevent further unrest or questions being asked. online pharmacy bactroban over the…

NYFF Film Review – ‘Till’ is a Powerful Juxtaposition of a Hateful World and a Mother’s Love 

The story of Emmett Till, a 14-year-old boy from Chicago who was lynched after whistling at a white woman while visiting his cousins in Mississippi in 1955, is a horrific stain on the history of the United States. Only this year was anti-lynching legislation named after Emmett signed into law, and the violence that all…

NYFF Film Review – ‘Master Gardener’ is Paul Schrader’s Latest Incisive Character Study

Certain things have little to no resonance for an average person but may contain a great deal of meaning for someone else. It’s easy to walk through a beautiful garden without appreciating or comprehending the hard work that goes into its upkeep and its very creation, planning carefully for which flowers will eventually bloom and…

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…