Directed by Ike Nnaebue, No U-Turn gives the opportunity for the celebrated Nigerian director to revisit a journey that he made over two decades ago. Taking the route via Benin, Mali and Mauritania as a young man, Nnaebue was forced to turn back in Morocco and return home. Now, in his first documentary, Nnaebue is returning to…
The ‘sports movie’ has been a staple of the Disney cinematic canon for decades. But that makes it all the more special when a film comes along to change the game. Chang Can Dunk tells the story of Chang (Bloom Li), a 16-year-old Asian American high schooler who loves basketball. Although he plays in the high…
Most people like movies… but do we really understand the impact that they have on our lives? After all, the stories we tell (and absorb) help us to see the world differently. Whether it’s the latest Oscar flick or superhero blockbuster, these films matter… and they tell us something about ourselves as well. Written and directed by…
Thanks to our friends at Route 504 PR, we’re giving away passes to the March 10th screening of Blueback, starring Mia Wasikowski! Based on the children’s book by the same name, Blueback is a heartwarming story of one girl’s friendship with a groper. The film follows Abby who, after befriending a wild bluegroper, uses her activist mum as inspiration…
Do you ever get the feeling like you’re being watched? Unfortunately, you might not be wrong. Written and directed by Yaara Bou Melham, Unseen Skies follows Trevor Paglen, an artist who’s dream remains launching a work of art into space. However, throughout the course of his journey, Paglen uncovers the realities of global surveillance that shape and impact…
Admiral Taizo Tachibana (Ryudo Uzaki) receives word that an American submarine has gone missing.??A rescue team spots a giant creature with glowing dorsal spines swimming away from the wreckage. While filming a TV program near Mount Myoko, Niigata, Yuri Tachibana (Chiharu Niiyama), Admiral Tachibana?s daughter, experiences an earthquake and sees a mysterious man who quickly…
They say the journey is more important than the destination. In?Joyride, that may actually be true. Directed by Emer Reynolds, Joyride tells the story of Joy (Olivia Colman), a struggling but headstrong mother who has devised a plan to give her baby to her sister. Then, when her taxi is inadvertently co-opted by the young and opinionated…
By Ben Dower After Godzilla?s attack in 1954, he disappeared into the ocean and Japan changed its capital city to Osaka.??In 1966, Godzilla attacked Japan?s first nuclear power plant at Tokai, and so the country shifted to other forms of energy production.??In 1996, Japan developed plasma energy, but that also attracted Godzilla, who came to…
Phase Five has finally begun… with surprisingly muted fanfare? All of a sudden, one of the most highly anticipated entries in the MCU has been declared a colossal failure by many critics and fans. But is it a disappointment? Or just another brick in the very long road towards The Kang Dynasty? This week, the…
Directed by Matthew J. Saville, Juniper tells the story of Sam (George Ferrier), a teenager struggling with self-destructive behavior. When he?s finally suspended from school, his frustrated father Robert (Marton Csokas) demands that he cares for his ailing (but alcoholic) grandmother Ruth (Charlotte Rampling). Ruth is a fiery woman who refuse to play by the rules but, as…
