Category: Festival Release
Anthony Picks The Best Horror Films of 2022
Horror films are the one constant in Cinema. As audiences love to be scared, their popularity endures. From the terrifying Frankenstein’s monster that was made by the Thomas Edison movie studio in 1910, through the Universal Monster movies of the
Top Ten of 2022: A Unity in Cinema
Top Ten films of 2022 . . . that’s a tough chore. Once again, I’m coming in right under the wire. As I write this, my list of Top Films of 2022, we’re seven hours, 30 minutes from ringing in
Sundance 2022: Three Great Documentaries
Sundance Film Festival 2022: Documentary Wrap-Up As the 2022 Sundance Film Festival year’s festival has come to an end, there are still some films that must be afforded the spotlight. This year was a great year for documentaries. W. Kamau
Sundance 2022: ‘Emily the Criminal’- Film Review
Sundance 2022 Premiere: “Emily the Criminal” Aubrey Plaza and Theo Rossi do excellent work headlining writer/director John Patton Ford’s intense character study, “Emily the Criminal”. Ford has crafted a tale very much of our times. A tale of never-ending debt
Sundance 2022: ‘Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.’- Film Review
Sundance 2020 Premiere: “Honk for Jesus, Save Your Soul” Faux documentaries are nothing new and hard to pull off successfully. Adamma Ebo’s “Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.” is a fierce, funny, and ultimately powerful takedown of the MegaChurch ministries
Sundance 2022: ‘Am I OK?’- Film Review
Sundance 2022 Premiere: “Am I Ok?” Screenwriter Lauren Pomerantz and co-directors Tig Notaro and Stephanie Allynne’s “Am I Ok?” is an honest work about two best friends in their thirties, both of whom are having life changing moments. Lucy (Dakota
Sundance 2022: ‘God’s Country’- Film Review
Sundance 2022 Premiere- “God’s Country” On a surface level, Director Julian Higgins’ “God’s Country” might give the impression that it is to be a cat and mouse thriller. By saying it is far from it and much more than that,
Sundance 2022: ‘Sharp Stick’- Film Review
Sundance 2022 Premiere- “Sharp Stick” Lena Dunham has a distinctive voice, and it entertainingly comes through in every project she creates. “Sharp Stick” is her second feature-length outing as writer and director. As was her first film (2010’s “Tiny Furniture”),
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: ‘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