There’s a reason that this film the won Golden Lion. All the Beauty and the Bloodshed combines the beauty found in the photography of the documentary’s main subject, Nan Goldin, with the tragedy that she encountered in her life. The film is presented in two cross-cutting parts which compares and contrasts the two parts of…
One last present under the Christmas tree! This week, Steve has the privilege to speak with screenwriter Allan Loeb (21, WALL STREET: MONEY NEVER SLEEPS) about his latest film, COLLATERAL BEAUTY, which stars Will Smith and Helen Mirren. They chat about love, death and the nature of fables. A special thanks to Allan for joining…
Directed by DK Welchman & Hugh Welchman, The Peasants is based on Wladyslaw Reymont’s novel of the same name. Set in early 20th Century Poland, the story follows the Jagna (Kamila Urvedowska), the most beautiful and charming woman in the village of Lipce. When she marries Maciej Boryna, a weathy widower (and the village’s ‘First Farmer’), she does…
Sometimes, the ghosts that haunt us are the ones that still shape us. Written and directed by Andrew Haigh, All of Us Strangers tells the story of Adam (Andrew Scott), a London resident who has a chance encounter with mysterious neighbour Harry (Paul Mescal). Immediately, there is an undeniable attraction between the two men and they strike…
More often than not, films from other countries make an impact, they can suffer from attempting to translate them for an American audience. So, it?s perhaps understandable that there was some ire from fans of Swedish hit?A Man Called Ove?when it was announced of its upcoming American treatment, this time starring Tom Hanks in the…
In the new documentary,?Tiger 24, tells the story of T24, a tiger who kills several men after they step into his territory, causing an understandable uproar in the local??community. Dubbed a ?man-eater?, the beast is immediately removed from its wildlife preserve and held in captivity. However, T24?s capture causes social upheaval as activists take up…
I?m Totally Fine is the latest film to take a stab at using sci-fi ideas on an indie budget in ways that show that a herculean CGI effort isn?t required. Starring Jillian Bell, Natalie Morales and Kyle Newacheck (who all serve as executive producers on the movie), it becomes clear that the film comes from…
Caution: Content reveals some potential spoilers from Bones and All. Bones and All is an absurd mash up of many familiar genres including the period piece, coming of age, romance, and road trip movies. The result is a film which asks us how we connect as sinful and messed up people. The film begins with…
By Daniel Eng All Quiet on the Western Front?follows the barely grown Paul (Felix Kammerer) as he joins the German army with his high school friends in the middle of WWI. This 2 1/2 hour war epic follows Paul as he finds himself on a horrific adventure where he witnesses the damaging violence that kills…
We feel that we know him. We?ve known him for five hundred years.??The artist who is probably the most famous painter in the world. Mona Lisa. The Last Supper.??Annunciation. The Vitruvian Man.??The artist: Leonardo Da Vinci.??He was the polymath of the 15th?Century.??A true genius.??Now he is a bingeable TV series. Entitled Leonardo, Sony Pictures and…
