Combining grit, gunfire and a morally tangled hero can powerfully reimagine the classic Western genre through a modern, kinetic lens. That’s certainly true with the upcoming action-thriller, Normal, in which justice is messy, violence is unpredictable and nothing is quite as ordinary as it seems. The new film is the latest pairing between actor Bob…
Check out more of Our YouTube Channel Nobuhiro Hosoki grew up watching American films since he was a kid; he decided to go to the United States thanks to seeing the artistry of Stanley Kubrick’s “A Clockwork Orange.” After graduating from film school, he worked as an assistant director on TV Tokyo’s program called…
If The Substance explored ageism through the transformation of the body, a film featured in the line-up of the 43rd edition of the Torino Film Festival uses the same means to discuss white ethnocentrism. Slanted follows Joan Huang (Shirley Chen), a Chinese-American teen, who moved with her family from China to the star-spangled country when…
©Courtesy of A24 There’s something very relatable human about the way adults mask their feelings, instead of finding a community in which they can freely express themselves. Writer-director Andrew DeYoung‘s feature film debut, Friendship, explores what happens when a middle-age man has kept his emotions hidden for so long that he no longer knows how…
High-stakes heists are often the most exhilarating driving force behind compelling crime thrillers. But filmmaker Andrew Patterson is proving that the genre can also thrive on the nostalgia that makes a community feel like home for its residents, who can overcome any conflict with the support of their loved ones. In his new movie, The…
©Courtesy of Lionsgate No actor has mastered crafting his characters’ descent into mental and physical disarray quite like Nicolas Cage. He has seen a bit of a resurgence in choosing realistic, but at times unhinged, acclaimed roles during the first half of the current decade. His latest film, the psychological thriller The Surfer, proves to…
The process of redefining the meaning of home is a powerful one for anyone who has endured the aftermath of personal trauma. The lasting painful impact that the disaster of losing a home has on families and their extended communities is explored in the new animated historical documentary, Address Unknown: Fukushima Now. Arif Khan wrote,…
It’s an unfortunate reality in America that any conversation about school shootings includes far too many examples that should have inspired direct action to curb them from happening again in the future. But due to a sharp political divide on root causes and gun control, little has been accomplished despite decades of red flags and…
White privilege is a concept that many people don’t want to talk about since they think it inherently implies that there’s something wrong or unimpressive about being born with a certain skin color. But those who stop to contemplate it even just briefly will realize that, for those who are able to move throughout this…
©Courtesy of Paramount Pictures “A Quiet Place 3” has gotten an official update from Brad Fuller, who is the franchise producer. “A Quiet Place“, which is now widely regarded as one of the top horror franchises in modern cinema, has gained a huge following since its initial release in theaters in 2018. The film takes…
It’s hard to accurately locate those who are lonely because they’re, by their very nature, a self-identifying group. But people who don’t feel like they have friends or family they can talk to and may not be comfortable with meeting others in an in-person setting are much more likely to be okay responding to a…
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