A broken relationship fueled by grief is the engine that runs Johannes Nyholm?s Koko-di Koko-da. The film is prefaced with a vacation Tobias and Elin are taking with their young daughter Maya. They are hit with a seemingly innocuous case food poisoning, but it changes their lives completely. Three years later, Tobias and Elin are…
In Alan Moore’s graphic novel, a vigilante rises up against a neo-facist police state, wearing a Guy Fawkes mask. He serves as a lightning rod for the unrest in the United Kingdom in the future – 2027. Fifteen years ago, the Wachowskis (The Matrix) teamed with director James McTeigue again to deliver the big screen…
Just in time for the holidays, the press release says, you can own all eight seasons of Game of Thrones in 4K HD. But what is even more ironic is that on the day of Election 2020, you can own all the espionage and court intrigue of one of the best shows to tackle politics…
?Are you sorry you woke up?? What makes it worth living for another day, or two, or a few months? In Eric Styles?s film That Good Night, based on a play by N.J. Crisp, that becomes the real question, not just to be or not to be. Ralph (the late John Herd in his final…
The city of Chicago has always received less than top billing in the United States.? Its blue-collar, earthy mentality is quite unique when compared to Houston, Los Angeles, or New York City. However, it truly is a world all its own with over 75 separate sections comprising its makeup, each showcasing some of the best…
What do we make of someone who refuses to live conventionally? Is there something wrong with them that needs to be fixed? Or should we find a way into their world to see things in new ways? The Sounding (the first feature film by Catherine Eaton) presents viewers with these kinds of questions. Liv (played…
Our time on this earth is limited. It?s a reality that finds all of us, no matter how far we push it to the back of our minds. We face the immeasurable grief of loss throughout our lives in seasons, and each time are reminded that there will be a day when others will mourn…
It?s one thing when your past comes back to haunt you. It?s another when you attempt to haunt it back. Set in post-WWII America,?The Secrets We Keep?follows Maja (Noomi Rapace), a dedicated, suburban housewife and mother who seems to be living the American Dream. Things change, however, when she sees Thomas (Joel Kinneman), a man…
Don?t mess with Alex Gibney. When it comes to documentary filmmaking, Gibney has shone a light on some of the biggest frauds of this generation. The Oscar-winning filmmaker of Taxi to the Dark Side, Gibney has also fearlessly taken on such hot topics as Enron (Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room), the Church of Scientology…
The search for truth is at the heart of Hans Pools documentary Bellingcat: Truth in a Post-Truth World. It tells the story of a group that searches out the truth in news stories, even when powerful nations seek to hide behind lies. Bellingcat is a multi-national collective of citizen open-source investigative journalists. They are people…
