Film Review: ‘The Neighbor’- Love In A World Of Hate

“The Neighbor” (titled “Hotel Milan” in Italy) is the fifth feature film written and directed by Pasquale Marrazzo. Focusing on a gay male couple, the piece examines self-expression and the freedom to love whomever our heart chooses while existing in

Film Review: ‘Esme, My Love’- A Tragic Past Shapes A Tragic Future

How one’s life plays out can never be predicted. Death, however, is guaranteed. Director Cory Choy’s “Esme, My Love” explores the bond between mother and daughter and how death is always one step behind us. The finality of life dictates

Film Review: ‘Being Mary Tyler Moore’- An Honest Tribute To An Icon

If James Adolphus’ insightful documentary “Being Mary Tyler Moore” teaches us anything, it is that the entertainment industry of today will never again produce another icon. The current American culture of films and broadcast television is one that refuses to

Film Review: ‘The Hole In The Fence’- Savagery And The Loss Of Innocence

Symbolism weighs heavy in every minute of the always involving but too obvious and much too harsh Mexican film “El hoyo en la cerca” (“The Hole in the Fence”). Written by Lucy Pawlak and Joaquin del Paso and directed by

Film review: ‘You Can Live Forever’- Love, Sex, And Individualism

Writer/directors Mark Slutsky and Sarah Watts’ debut feature “You Can Live Forever” is a film filled with truth, tenderness, and an understanding of character. Set in the early 1990s Canada, Jaime (wonderfully played by Anwen O’Driscoll) is sent to live

Film Review: ‘Master Gardener’- A Master Screenwriter In Top Form

Rebirth of the soul. “God’s lonely man” writing in his journal of a past littered with sin. A reach for a final grace. We are in the always intoxicating world of Paul Schrader whose “Master Gardener” arrives to give modern

‘It Ain’t Over’: Film Review

At the 2015 Major League Baseball All-Stars game, fans voted Hank Aaron, Johnny Bench, Sandy Koufax, and Willie Mays as the best players the game has ever seen. Yogi Berra, a 10-time World Series winner as a catcher for the

‘Carmen’: Film Review

Credited as a reimagining of Bizet’s four-act opera of the same name, Benjamin Millepied’s Carmen is the story of a woman on the run (West Side Story’s Melissa Barrera) following the murder of her mother by the cartel and a

Film Review: ‘Book Club: The Next Chapter’

One of the biggest challenges facing moviegoers today is a lack of movies drawing a varied demographic into the theater. Sure, Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3 could be for the young and the young-at-heart, and unless you’re a die-hard

Anthony’s Under-Seen Gems From The 1980’s: Part 1

What does it take for a film to connect with critics and audiences alike? A great script and bankable cast do not solidify a film’s future success upon release. Many good or great films are ignored by mainstream audiences (or