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TV Review: Conversations with Friends is an Emotional, Cautionary Tale About All-Consuming Love

Feeling unacknowledged by the friends and family members they care the most about is a powerful motivator for some people to take drastic measures to garner the attention they desire. That’s certainly the case for actress Alison Oliver’s protagonist of Frances in Hulu’s new television series, Conversations with Friends, which was directed and executive produced…

EarthX Film Festival: Fire Of Love, An Alchemic Eruption Of The Volcanic Couple

Fire of Love is a documentary film, directed, written, and produced by Sara Dosa, that had its world premiere at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival — where it won the Jonathan Oppenheim Editing Award in the U.S. Documentary category. It also also screened at South by Southwest and it is currently part of the EarthX…

EarthX Film Festival: Deep In The Heart, A Filmic Paean To Texas “Voiced Out” By Matthew McConaughey

Ben Masters’ film Deep In The Heart, narrated by Academy Award winner Matthew McConaughey, premieres worldwide on opening night at the 2022 EarthX Film Festival. The 2022 EarthX Film Festival is a four day kermesse featuring film, music, events and interactive environmental programs set in the heart of Dallas Arts District; taking place from May…

Review: Colin Firth’s ‘Operation Mincemeat’ is a Thrilling, Fact-Based Caper

An excellent, fact-based World War II thriller called Operation Mincemeat is now streaming on Netflix. Starring Colin Firth, Matthew Macfadyen, Jason Isaacs, Kelly Macdonald, Penelope Wilton, Ruby Bentall, Mark Gattiss and Johnny Flynn, the fast-moving, 2-hour drama follows the “war of shadows” fought by British intelligence officers leading to the successful Allied attack on the Nazis…

Mau, The Designer Forges His Craft As A Tool To Shape The World

Through history art has held the role of an inspirational world shaper. Literature, cinema, painting and sculpture have all conveyed important messages for humanity. The visionary Canadian-born Bruce Mau has dedicated his life to demonstrate how another creative discipline can equally permeate through politics and culture to help build a better tomorrow: design. Mau, written…

Pleasure, Dissertates On Women’s Rights Through Porn

Female empowering chronicles about the sex industry have been fertile ground in recent years for cinema and television. An example can be seen with the American drama television series The Deuce (2017-2019) or with the biopic about the star of Deep Throat, Lovelace (2013). Along these lines, Swedish director Ninja Thyberg returns to the themes…

Doctor Strange in The Multiverse of Madness / Video Review Above the Line vs Below the Line Episode 23

Check out more of our video interviews and video reviews on our Youtube Channel. Film Critic : Abe Friedtanzer Abe Friedtanzer is a film and TV enthusiast who spent most of the past fifteen years in New York City. He has been the editor of MoviesWithAbe.com and TVwithAbe.com since 2007, and has been predicting the…

Film Review – ‘Anaïs in Love’ Tells an Energetic Story of Young Lust and Romance

It’s difficult to compare any two relationships since each is extremely dependent on the people involved and the way in which they view their connection. Even the two members of a couple may perceive their bond differently, which can lead to strife and ultimately a breakup, and, alternatively, the presence of contradictory or complementary personalities…

DOG : Chiara’s Video Review Episode 2

Check out more of our video reviews and interviews on our YouTube channel. Synopsis : DOG is a buddy comedy that follows the misadventures of two former Army Rangers paired against their will on the road trip of a lifetime. Army Ranger Briggs (Channing Tatum) and Lulu (a Belgian Malinois dog) buckle into a 1984…

Netflix’s The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes, Is A Monumental Composition About The Life And Death Of The Hollywood Diva

In 1985 the illustrious Irish author Anthony Summers published the book Goddess, the definitive Marilyn Monroe biography based on over six hundred interviews, that became a New York Times Bestseller. Decades later the mystery surrounding the death of the legendary actress still thrives, to the point that filmmaker Emma Cooper decided to gather all of Summers’…

Alan Pakula: Going For Truth, Brings Into View The Psychologist-Filmmaker

Alan J. Pakula was an insightful film craftsman. He began as a producer and eventually switched to directing, maintaining extreme sensitivity in selecting every story he brought to the silver screen, guiding his actors to embody their characters with utter authenticity. In his lifetime he was nominated for three Academy Awards: Best Picture for To…