As someone who sometimes strives to be an awards pundit, I?ve been continuing to keep up with what might make the cut when the Academy Awards announce the films, actors, directors, and crew who will vie for the most prestigious award in their field. In the past week,...
Ariel Phenomenon tells the story of how one U.F.O changed the lives of a whole generation of kids at the Ariel School in Zimbabwe. On September 16, 1994, around 62 children ages six to twelve claimed to witness a silver, oval-shaped craft land near the school and saw...
Vandits comes as a film that once again sees minor acting celebrities trying their hand at an original story. The results are certainly mixed and did not click for me but I'm sure they would with some audiences. The humor is very niche and seems to be the main focus...
From the left Sam Nivola, Adam Driver, May Nivola, Greta Gerwig and Raffey Cassidy Noah Baumbach?s latest is the first time he's leaned into a text full of metaphor and symbolic imagery, but it may prove that I prefer when he dabbles in human drama. That?s not to say...
How long can we focus on one tragedy, just for it to be overshadowed by another one? This was the most prominent question that stuck in my head as I watched the heartbreaking 752 is not a number. The film follows the tragedy of Flight 752 a plane that was heading to...
The Eternal Daughter is a quiet and understated piece that doesn?t hold it back from achieving cinematic excellence. Between two thespian geniuses in Joanne Hogg and Tilda Swinton, there?s no doubt this film should command your attention even when it has you waiting...
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...
I felt the need to make a review of Navalny because it is one of the most recent examples of documentary filmmaking that requires our attention today. Alexandre Navalny is the leader of the Russian opposition part who since 2017 has tried to make Russia and the world...
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...