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SR Socially Relevant Film Festival NY – SRFF 2023 : Six NARRATIVES FEATURES in Competition, DOCUMENTARY FEATURES in Competition

  SR Socially Relevant Film Festival NY – SRFF 2023 Six NARRATIVES FEATURES in competition  OPENING NIGHT – 2nd Feature Thurs. March 16, 2023 –  9:30 PM – Waler Rade Theater, Lincoln Center    Tnaash | North American Premiere Boudy Sfeir | Lebanon | 2022 | 86 mins After the August 4th Beirut Port explosion…

Sundance Film Festival Review: Ben Platt Captivates in Affectionate Christopher Guest-Inspired Mockumentary Theater Camp

Truly celebrating the brilliant but slightly unhinged educators who create safe, comfort spaces that allow reserved children to be themselves and find their confidence in relatable, affectionate movies is a powerful tool that society needs right now. The new comedy, Theater Camp, does just that as it enthralling captures the defining niche experience that campers…

Knock At The Cabin, Favours Selflessness Over Nihilism

M. Night Shyamalan adapts for the silver screen the horror novel The Cabin at the End of the World by American writer Paul Tremblay. The Indian-American filmmaker, master of the contemporary supernatural, provides his own take on the original story through his Knock At The Cabin. Andrew (Ben Aldridge), Eric (Jonathan Groff) and their adopted…

Sundance Film Festival Review: Jennifer Connelly Dazzles in the Sophisticated Cultural Satire Bad Behaviour

Creating an equally sophisticated and satirical exploration into the toxicity of a person who has little regard to how their self-serving actions affect the people in their life can be a challengw for even the most experienced filmmakers. But actress Alice Englert, the daughter of Oscar-winning filmmaker Jane Campion, effortlessly crafted a tantalizing story that…

Sundance Film Festival Review – ‘Jamojaya’ is a Contemplative Portrait of Father, Son, and Fame

The first 10pm screening I ever attended at the Sundance Film Festival was Justin Chon’s Ms. Purple, which, while melodically slow, was absolutely captivating and well worth the late hour. Chon starred in his subsequent film, Blue Bayou, a more conventional drama about a family torn apart by unexpected immigration news. His latest, Jamojaya, is…

Sundance Film Festival : Review / Aum : The Cult at the End of the World

Two months after the Great Hanshin Earthquake Disaster killed 6,433 people and caused more than $100 billion in damages, a sarin gas attack took place in a Tokyo subway in 1995. Harrowing sounds echoed throughout the subway which sent shivers down to the spine of a first responder. The incident shocked the world, and was…

TV Review: Junji Itō Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre, A Pure Immersion Into An Eldritch Dimension

Junji Ito in Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre, unleashes the genius of a horror anthology on Netflix. The anime series is inspired by the disturbing nightmares of the eponymous mangaka: Junji Itō. In fact, Studio Deen adapts the exquisite original material through twelve episodes, that feature twenty different stories (some episodes condense two tales)….

10 Movies You Should Still See That Didn’t Get Oscar Nominations

The nominees for the 95th Academy Awards included a number of well-received films and a double-digit take for Everything Everywhere All at Once. But there were other films expected to do somewhat well, like She Said and The Woman King, that ended up completely empty-handed. Here are ten worthwhile movies to see that likely just…

Saint Omer : Exclusive Interview with Actress Guslagie Malanda on the Silver Lion Winning Film at the Venice Film Festival

Synopsis : Saint-Omer court of law. Young novelist Rama attends the trial of Laurence Coly, a young woman accused of killing her 15-month-old daughter by abandoning her to the rising tide on a beach in northern France. But as the trial continues, the words of the accused and witness testimonies will shake Rama’s convictions and…

The Films That We Plan to Cover at the Sundance!

As we prepare our coverage for the Sundance Film Festival, here’s the films that we plan to cover at the festival, please check to see our plan! WORLD CINEMA DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION 20 Days in Mariupol On the eve of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a team of Ukrainian journalists enter the strategic eastern port city of…