Category: 2022
Sundance 2022: ‘Good Luck to you, Leo Grande”- Film Review
Sundance 2022 Premiere- “Good Luck to You, Leo Grande” Sophie Hyde’s third film to premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, “Good Luck To You, Leo Grande” is a humorous, engaging, and honest look at intimacy. During our current times where
Sundance 2022: ‘Master’- Film Review
Sundance 2022 Premiere: “Master” The past and present haunt the campuses of Anacaster, a fictional prestigious college in Mariama Diallo’s debut feature “Master”, an exciting and completely unique project. An excellent Regina Hall (one of cinema’s most undervalued acting treasures)
Sundance 2022: ‘Call Jane’- Film Review
Sundance Premiere: “Call Jane” Phyllis Nagy’s entertaining and provocative “Call Jane” is a film that is urgent and important to what is happening in today’s America. It is a film about the right for women to choose what to do
Sundance 2022: ‘Living’- Film Review
Sundance 2022: “Living” To take on a remake of the 1952 Akira Kurosawa masterpiece “Ikiru” is a Herculean task. There is no reason to remake such a beloved film. Director Oliver Hermanus’ latest film “Living” does just that. Nobel Prize-winning
Sundance 2022: ‘A Love Song’- Film Review
Sundance 2022: Opening Night- “A Love Song” Wes Studi is a national treasure. His presence has always been strong and throughout his 34-year career, the actor has given us many award-worthy performances. Studi has a naturalistic style that finds him
‘Scream’ Review: Ghostface Returns!
Directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett’s “Scream” is not very inventive with its title but on purpose. As is the new way of Hollywood to keep fans interested after a franchise’s decade or so break, a return to a film
‘Jockey’ Review
Reflective in nature and reflexive in action, Clint Bentley’s Jockey expands this weekend in theaters, having premiered at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. Clifton Collins Jr (2009’s Star Trek) has the makings of a star; Jockey proves this. His rugged,
‘Hotel Transylvania: Transformania’ Review: Animated Sequel Charms, Reflects On Real World Situation
Sing 2 appeals to families in the dysfunctional theatrical circuit. Hotel Transylvania: Transformia, the fourth film in Sony’s animated film series, is now Amazon Prime. Suppose it feels like I’m unfairly maligning the current state of box office performance. In
‘Parallel Mothers’ Review: Penélope Cruz, Milena Smit Stand Out In Almodóvar’s Look At Motherhood
Bear with me as I indulge for a few minutes in the cinema of Pedro Almodóvar. His camerawork, his characters, the locations. These aspects and more inform the dynamic realism that his films portray. Madres Paralelas (Parallel Mothers) continues that