How best to describe I?m Thinking of Ending Things? The easy answer is that it?s a Charlie Kaufman film. (He both writes and directs.) His scripts (cf. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Being John Malkovich, Adaptation, and Synecdoche, New York) are always mind...
? ?I am strong. I am invincible. I am woman.? ? Those words were part of what became the anthem of the Second Wave Women?s Movement in the 1970s. Unjoo Moon makes it the cornerstone of her Helen Reddy biopic, I Am Woman. The film is in part a celebration of her music...
?The bottom line for why things haven?t changed is there is no love for black boys.? Sonia Lowman?s documentary Black Boys opens with former NFLer Greg Scruggs reading The Little Engine that Could to his toddler son. It transitions to a middle school age boy taking...
?So we?ve created an entire global generation of people who were raised within a context where the very meaning of communication, the very meaning of culture, is manipulation.? Hopefully you ?like? Screenfish?s Facebook page and follow us on Twitter and Instagram. But...
?The Red Nation shall rise again and it shall be a blessing or a sick world, a world filled with broken promises, selfishness and separation, a world longing for light again.? (Crazy Horse) Food is more than just physical sustenance; it is often an important part of a...
In press notes for First One In, writer/director Gina Obrien talks about the ?millions of women who gather to hit balls at each other? on tennis courts each day. They may not be very good. But they share this bond. First One In bats that concept around with just about...
?I don?t want to argue either, Honey, as long as you can admit that I?m right.? Couples argue. Maybe about little things, maybe important things. But it?s just natural that two people each think they?re right, and expect the other to admit defeat. Yeah, right. The...
Brendan Walsh?s film Centigrade takes place almost entirely within the confines of an SUV. As a young couple battles for survival, they must deal as much with their personal dynamics as with the problems they face. Naomi (Genesis Rodriguez) and Matt (Vincent Piazza)...
In Minos Nikolakakis?s Entwined, the worlds of science and myth mix together. The story is based on the kinds of folk tales the filmmaker encountered. It reflects a view of the world that has been passed down for generations, but may not seem to fit in our culture of...