In a natural evolution from his Oscar-nominated feature Les Miserables (not the musical), Mali born French auteur Ladj Ly goes back to his own neighborhood to tell the story of Baitment 5 (or Les Indesirables), a group of housing units made up of deteriorating...
Spring Break in Malia! That’s what the main characters of How to Have Sex, Molly Manning Walker’s debut feature, have on their mind. Under the colored strobe lights, the brisk beachside sun and a little emotional coercion, the group are set them with a poolside room...
To say Miyazaki has a new classic seems both par for the course and wholly unexpected. Given his career full of films that will go down as some of the most influential and important works in art there has never been a doubt the man is a genius visionary. Still, at the...
Fitting In is one of the most honest coming-of-age movies to be made in recent memory. As Lindy (Maddie Ziegler) heads into her sophomore year of high school, social tensions are rising. She has a boy that she really likes, named Adam (D’Pharoh Woon-A-Tai) and is...
Living a humble life, Hirayama seems to have mastered his daily routine. He knows exactly how to do his work as the custodian of the Tokyo public toilets, enjoys his collection of music while he drives, showers at one of the public baths, has a small meal, and then...
We should have seen it coming. Iron Butterflies looks at Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 on July 17, 2014, which was shot down on its way to Kuala Lumpur from Amsterdam over the airspace of Eastern Ukraine. All 298 lost their lives this day but, while the shock was...
Some might consider my by-line to be an oxymoron but the protagonist of Randall Park's debut film, Shortcomings is certainly his own version of a 'film bro'. He may despise Randall Park's copyright-free version of Crazy Rich Asians called 'In Beginnings', which ends...
Theater people can make gold, when you put them together with a little bit of cardboard. Theater Camp is co-directed by actress Molly Gordon (The Bear, Shiva Baby) and Nick Lieberman, both in their directorial debuts. Written by Gordon, Lieberman, Ben Platt and Noah...
Once Upon a Time in Uganda follows the unique filmmaking community of Wakliwood, home to their own African Tarantino by the name of Isaac. Isaac has spent his life trying to make action-comedy films and his passion has carried into his community. He becomes a man that...