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Netflix’s “Passing” / Q&A with Director Rebecca Hall, Actors Tessa Thompson, Ruth Negga and André Holland

Synopsis : Adapted from the celebrated 1929 novel of the same name by Nella Larsen, PASSING tells the story of two Black women, Irene Redfield (Tessa Thompson) and Clare Kendry (Academy Award nominee Ruth Negga), who can “pass” as white but choose to live on opposite sides of the color line during the height of…

Sing 2 – Official Trailer 2 / Starring Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, Scarlett Johansson, Taron Egerto, Tori Kelly, Nick Kroll, Bobby Cannavale and Bono

This holiday season, the new chapter in Illumination’s smash animated franchise arrives with big dreams and spectacular hit songs as the ever-optimistic Buster Moon and his all-star cast of performers prepare to launch their most dazzling stage extravaganza yet …all in the glittering entertainment capital of the world. There’s just one hitch: They first have…

Film Review – ‘Finch’ is a Heartwarming Tribute to the Human-Dog-Robot Relationship

It is often said that dogs are a man’s best friend. Many humans expect to outlive their dogs, but in some cases, it’s the other way around, and those who are left must watch a mourning animal understand the deep loss and pain they feel from their absence. If, after a person’s death, no one…

Doc NYC Announces Main Slate Line-Up

DOC NYC ANNOUNCES MAIN SLATE LINEUP  FOR TWELFTH EDITION, NOVEMBER 10-28, 2021 FESTIVAL RETURNS TO THEATERS IN NYC  AND CONTINUES TO SCREEN ONLINE NATIONWIDE; SLATE INCLUDES 32 WORLD PREMIERES AND 34 US PREMIERES,  AMONG MORE THAN 200 FILMS AND EVENTS NEW YORK, Oct. 19, 2021 – DOC NYC, America’s largest documentary festival—running in-person November 10-18…

Last Night in Soho : “Downtown (Downtempo)” Performed by Anya Taylor-Joy, Artwork, Featurette, Trailer, Synopsis

Long Synopsis  If you could go back in time, would you? Should you?  The past is another country, they say. One whose borders are locked. But what if that wasn’t entirely true? What if you could experience another time for yourself, in full sensory overload? That’s the situation for Eloise (Thomasin McKenzie) in Edgar Wright’s…

Film Fest 919 Review – ‘C’mon C’mon’ Richly Showcases an Intergenerational Dynamic

Children gravitate towards adults at a young age because they see something comforting and inviting. Spending a great deal of time with an aunt or an uncle or a parent’s close friend can build a close relationship between a child and someone with far more life experience. When the opposite is true and a child…

“Halloween” : An Exclusive Interview with Director John Carpenter

I had the opportunity to meet Sandy Carpenter, a graphic novelist at Comi-Con in New York, who also married one of America’s greatest directors, John Carpenter. After we had an exchange conversation, Sandy agreed to send my questions to John, who doesn’t like to appear on TV or Zoom interview, he prefers to respond through the…

New York Film Festival : The Power of the Dog / Press Conference with director Jane Campion, Actors Benedict Cumberbatch, Kirsten Dunst, Kodi Smit-McPhee, and the Cinematographer Ari Wegner

Synopsis : Severe, pale-eyed, handsome, Phil Burbank is brutally beguiling. All of Phil’s romance, power and fragility is trapped in the past and in the land: He can castrate a bull calf with two swift slashes of his knife; he swims naked in the river, smearing his body with mud. He is a cowboy as…

TV Review – What Happened, Brittany Murphy? Revisits the Death of a Talented Young Star

In the early 2000s, Brittany Murphy was a popular actress, with starring roles in films like 8 Mile and Just Married. Her breakthrough part in 1995’s Clueless indicated her strength as a comedic performance, and she turned in fine dramatic work in films like Girl, Interrupted. But, like too many other celebrities, Murphy died an…

New York Comi-Con : Y : The Last Man / Interview with Actor Ben Schnetzer, Actress Olivia Thirlby, Actress Ashley Romans, Actress Amber Tamblyn and More

Synopsis : Based on DC Comics’ acclaimed series by Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra, the drama “Y: The Last Man” traverses a post-apocalyptic world in which a cataclysmic event decimates every mammal with a Y chromosome but for one cisgender man and his pet monkey. The series follows the survivors in this new world…