The Rocky?saga continues with Creed II. It would be nice for the Creed films to have their own identity. It?s not just that they still have Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) in a key role; they both rely heavily on plot from the earlier Rocky films rather than looking...
Teenage years can be a difficult time as one tries establish an identity. But what happens when religion is suddenly put into the mix? In Jinn, a young woman must learn how to fit Islam into her life and determine how to adapt herself to a new way of seeing things....
In a taped message before the screening of Roma at AFIFest, director Alfonso Cuar?n noted that it was based on memories from his childhood in Mexico City in 1971, and called it ?a love letter to the women who raised me.? This is a very personal film for Cuar?n. Here,...
I don?t consider myself a Luddite, but I know I am more analog that digital. Because of that I?ve never quite caught on to some of the technological advancements that keep coming. Case in point: Bitcoin. So it was with both interest and trepidation that I watched...
AFIFest 2018 Presented by Audi has wound down to the end. It will be a few days before the results of the audience awards voting is known. But I?m sure the staff is pleased with this year?s festival and will soon be working on next years. I appreciate their...
In the theater before each screening at AFIFest 2018 Presented by Audi, there are slides about AFI that show sponsors and donors. Those are all very important. Those are the reasons AFIFest is free to the public. But there are also those not listed because there are...
AFIFest 2018 Presented by Audi continues to remind me of why I like to go to festivals. It?s not just seeing lots of movies, but it is about how movies can truly push us to consider what happens in the world from various perspectives. Vox Lux, from director Brady...
Although I?ve seen my share of comedies at AFIFEST Presented by Audi, it seems that film festivals often show darker films than many people are used to. That is in part because they are made not so much to sell tickets to a large audience as to bring a story to life...
The American Film Institute, which oversees the AFIFest Presented by Audi, was created by Presidential mandate under President Lyndon Johnson, ?to preserve the heritage of the motion picture, to honor the artists and their work and to educate the next generation of...