By Robert Bellissimo Do we really know our parents ? Do we really know our children ? Why do we keep secrets from family ? These are just some of the questions Jim Jarmusch asks in his new film, Father Mother Sister Brother. The film is comprised of three different...
By Robert Bellissimo "Desplechin (the film's Co-Writer & Director) makes longer than normal films because he wants to explore a set of crises and then move beyond them to arrive at some greater wisdom of acceptance. Yes, one goes crazy, he says, or becomes...
By Robert Bellissimo "People who go to movies in order to flee distress are advised to steer clear of Endfield’s corrosive work." - Jonathan Rosenbaum, Film Critic The police have Howard Tyler (Frank Lovejoy) surrounded as his wife, Kathleen Ryan (Judy Tyler) and a...
By Dionisio Neto SISU: Road to Revenge continues Aatami’s story, once again portrayed by Finnish actor Jorma Tommila. If you don’t recall the 2022 first film, Aatami was living as a gold miner near the end of WWII until he crossed paths with the Nazis, and everything...
By Robert Bellissimo Does divorce hurt so much that you can scream at the top of your lungs ? Cut yourself ? Lose your mind ? Hit someone ? And even commit murder ? From Andrzej Żuławski's point of view, it does. Żuławski is the writer and director of Possession,...
By Riley Lovering Spencer What would you do if you had adventure thrust upon you? Would you turn away? Or would you fully accept the unknown ahead of you and drive until it’s finished? In Kogonada’s 2025 film, A Big Bold Beautiful Journey, we see what can happen if...
-By Robert Bellissimo- Francois and his wife Therese live a simple and happy life with their two small children in a Parisian suburb. They are in love and are very happy together. One day, Francois meets Emilie who works at a post office and they begin to have an...
By Sola Olowo-Ake Who cried while watching Freakier Friday? Umm…me! [We listen and we don’t judge, okay?] After watching Freakier Friday, I unearthed a childhood love and longing for nostalgia that I didn’t know existed within me for this movie. Growing up, I remember...
By Robert Bellissimo "A cross between cinema, philosophy, poetry, and a quasi-religious experience. It's almost like he's inventing a new form ... he kept saying that he wanted to "catch life on a wing". This is a quote from Cate Blanchett who was in Knight Of Cups,...