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Last Song from Kabul : Exclusive Interview with Director Kevin MacDonald

Check out more of our video interviews on our YouTube channel. Kevin MacDonald is an accomplished director, winning an Oscar for his 1999 documentary One Day in September and acclaim from BAFTA for The Last King of Scotland and The Mauritanian. He splits his time between narrative and documentary filmmaking, including nonfiction films about Mick…

The Color Purple : Q&A with Producers, Director and Actors

Synopsis : A story of love and resilience based on the novel and the Broadway musical, THE COLOR PURPLE is a decades-spanning tale of one woman’s journey to independence. Celie faces many hardships in her life, but ultimately finds extraordinary strength and hope in the unbreakable bonds of sisterhood. Rating: PG-13 (Violence|Language|Sexual Content|Mature Thematic Content) Genre: Musical,…

Rustin : Q&A with Colman Domingo and Cast

Rustin : The architect of 1963’s momentous March on Washington, Bayard Rustin was one of the greatest activists and organizers the world has ever known. He challenged authority, never apologized for who he was, what he believed, or who he desired. And he did not back down. He made history, and in turn, he was…

‘Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire’ Film Review – A Disaster of Epic Proportions

Making a popular science fiction movie can be challenging since audiences will almost certainly come in with a set of expectations that compare new material to the many iconic films, TV series, comics, and books that have influenced them. Adapting a beloved work for the screen is always a risk since casting actors as characters…

‘The Zone of Interest’ Film Review – A Disturbingly Normal Portrait of Complicity

One of the benefits of social media and increasingly accessible and advanced technology is that news can be transmitted at rapid speed to the entire world. Atrocities can’t happen as easily without people being made aware of them, though the prominence of misinformation also leads to doubt being sown about whether an image or video…

‘Call Me Dancer,’ A Thought-Provoking Dance Doc With A Rare View

“In India people think there’s no future in dancing” this is how Manish introduces us to his story. He further adds how those who come from a humble background, like himself, consider dancing a hobby for rich people and not a profession that can allow a livelihood. The documentary Call Me Dancer, directed by Leslie Shampaine…

Denny Tedesco’s ‘Immediate Family’ Traces the Half-Century Career of The Section

@Courtesy of Magnolia Pictures  There’s a scene near the end of Immediate Family when several grizzled musicians, now in their seventies, are seen walking through Times Square as they reminisce about the decades they’d spent together as a session band. As the men negotiate a zebra crossing on Broadway, it’s hard not to think—for one…

Sweet Home Season 2 : Press Conference with Cast and Director

Sweet Home is a South Korean web series starring Song Kang, Lee Jin-wook, and Lee Si-young. Based on the Naver webtoon of the same name by Kim Carnby and Hwang Young-chan, which recorded over 2.1 billion net views. The first season was released on Netflix on December 18, 2020. The second season was released on…

‘Fallen Leaves,’ A Deadpan Comedy Delivers Social Criticism And Homages Film History

The latest work by the award-winning filmmaker Aki Kaurismäki won the Jury Prize at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, and was chosen as the Finnish entry for Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards. Fallen Leaves is a simple tale of romance between two misfits who have to overcome several hurdles to finally…

“Mediha” : The Story of How Terror Effects a Person / A Review of Doc NYC’s Winning Film

@Courtesy: Loveworld Media “Mediha” is about a young Yazidi girl who was a prisoner of ISIS after they attacked the Yazidi people back in 2014. The story shows her life after she and two of her brothers were freed from enslavement. The three live with their uncle as he tries to find their parents and youngest…