History has defined the hierarchy of power through estates. The French Revolution dismantled the archetypical tryptic of the First (clergy), Second (aristocracy) and Third (commoners) estates of the realm. The modern era brought the advent of a new force: the Fourth Estate, characterised by the mass media and its explicit capacity of advocacy and implicit…
The number of films being made about the COVID-19 pandemic seems to be increasing, and for good reason: what many thought was going to be a two-week break from normalcy has become, two years in, a new reality where some restrictions are still in place in parts of the country, some people continue to wear…
When director Scott Derrickson and co-writer C. Robert Cargill unleashed Sinister onto the world in 2012, they were shot into a new legendary status in the horror community. While the two teamed up for more releases from other horror films to the first Doctor Strange movie, they find themselves back in that Sinister aura for…
There’s often a tremendous gap between the rich and the poor, and the lack of acknowledgment of that disparity can serve to foster resentment. Many people who have plenty tend to treat those who have little as beneath them, as if hiring them is a gift rather than a contract and they should be expected…
In the opening scene of ”January”, the final scene of Ingmar Bergman’s “Through a Glass Darkly” is shown on a small screen. In the Swedish auteur’s 1961 Oscar winning film a searching son asks his restrained father about love. The father firmly answers that love has many forms – it can be noble, foul, awkward…
Latina superstar Jennifer Lopez celebrated her 50th birthday in the debut screening of “Halftime” — the documentary which served as The Tribeca Festival’s opening night event. The film tracks her rise from generating Oscar buzz for the film “Hustlers” to her sizzling performance during the Super Bowl’s halftime show. After more than 20 years in the entertainment…
We Might As Well Be Dead is the epitome of fear as a self-reproducing system that dominates the political discourse. This is the feature debut directed by Russian-German Natalia Sinelnikova, that was presented at the 72nd Berlin Film Festival and at the 21st Tribeca Film Festival. Forty year old Anna Wilczynska (Ioana Iacob) lives with…
There’s a basic human instinct to seek revenge when someone is wronged. What constitutes being wronged is up for debate and will be interpreted differently by each person, but the natural response to any sort of offense will likely be first defined by a desire to get even and then a more rational evaluation of…
Searching to find a place where they feel accepted for who they truly are is a powerful rite of passage for many teenagers as they struggle to navigate high school. That’s certainly the case for the titular protagonist of the new coming-of age drama, Good Girl Jane, as she seeks acceptance among her family and…
Narrated by Willem Dafoe, The Wild One is an introspective documentary that reconstructs the personal and professional life of Jack Garfein: Holocaust survivor, Actors Studio co-founder, controversial stage and screen director. Award-nominated director and producer Tessa Louise-Salomé skilfully plays with old footage. She creates chimerical effects through black and white moving pictures that come from…
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