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Philadelphia Film Festival: Train Dreams’ Joel Edgerton Anchors a Soulful Portrait of a Life Shaped by Fate

©Courtesy of Netflix The most masterful study of a man’s seemingly simplistic life tries to make sense of the underlying tragic and fateful circumstances he has long faced. Instead of placing blame for his difficult situations on others, he accepts his life’s mystery with a hard-earned grace. Joel Edgerton’s protagonist of Robert Grainier in the…

Philadelphia Film Festival: Desert Road Leads Kristine Froseth on a Disorienting Road Trip

Building a hypnotic blend of fascination and dread that pushes the boundaries of horror and sci-fi stories is a powerful skill that genre filmmakers often long strive to achieve in their careers. Up-and-coming writer-director, Shannon Triplett is doing just that with her first feature, Desert Road. The new thriller chronicles how the project’s protagonist has…

‘Fancy Dance’s Lily Gladstone Thrives in Socially Conscious Character-Driven Native American Crime Thriller – Philadelphia Film Festival Review

Communities often have a harrowing way of showing its concern and support for other drastically different cultures, no matter how much they claim to be humanitarians. The new Native-centric drama Fancy Dance powerfully highlights that moral injustice. The film focuses on a family in the Seneca-Cayuga tribe that’s devastated by the indifference towards their plight…

Perfect Days’ Kōji Yakusho Offers an Ordinary Life in Tokyo – Philadelphia Film Festival Review

Illuminating the thoughts, feelings and self-awareness of protagonists from diverse backgrounds is one of the most realistic ways for character-driven movies to reflect on the magnificence of ordinary, day-to-day life. Actor Kōji Yakusho’s main character of Hirayama shares his opinions and emotions in an unassuming, sincere way as he indulges in life’s simple pleasures in…