Jane stars Madeline Petsch (Riverdale) and Chloe Bailey (Swarm) as two friends who attempt to deal with the overwhelming stress of school and their shared grief that threatens to undermine all their present achievements. For Olivia (Petsch), this comes to fruition when she receives a deferment on her early application to Stanford, causing her to…
Buzz Bissinger worked as an investigative reporter, winning a Pulitzer Prize for his work tackling corruption in the Philadelphia court system. But his 1990 book Friday Night Lights is widely considered one of the best sportswriting pieces ever, and the cinematic version of the story won the Best Espy for Sports Films in 2004. His…
Directed by Ady Walter, SHTTL is set in the twenty-four hours before the Nazis crossed the borders into the Ukraine. This was a time of tension and fear. Even so, as Mendele (Moshe Lobel) arrives back in his hometown, he is still excited to reconnect with old family and friends. But his arrival opens the wounds of…
Do you believe in The Boogeyman? Let’s face it. Most of us did as children. Whether it was the shadows under our bed or open closet doors, there’s something about the corners of the night that terrifies children. Now, with the release of The Boogeyman, 20th Century Studios hopes to do the same for adults. The Boogeyman follows Sadie…
Directed by Marvin Samel, iMordecai tells the story of Mordecai Samel (Judd Hirsch), a Polish-born Holocaust survivor who lives in Florida with his wife, Fela (Carol Kane). A retired plumber and painter, Mordecai’s world is shaken when his son Marvin (Sean Astin) insists that he trade-in his old phone for an iPhone. Lost in a world of…
If the pandemic has taught has anything, it’s the value of having other people in our lives. Directed by Brittany Farhat, July Talk: Love Lives Here follows the iconic Toronto band as they prepare for one of their more unique projects: a drive-in concert during the height of the global pandemic. As they attempt to navigate the…
Set in 1970s Rome, L’Immensita tells the story of young Adri (Luana Guiliani), a young woman who now identifies as Andrea. Andrea (Italian for Andrew) loves his mother Clara (Penelope Cruz) and supports her in the midst of her challenging marriage to Felice (Vincenzo Amato). However, when he falls in love with a girl from a nearby…
In You Hurt My Feelings, Beth (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) seems to have the perfect marriage to Don (Tobias Menzies) and perfect relationship with her son Elliot (Owen Teague). However, she also struggles from a lack of self-confidence. So, when her new book is finally finished, she goes to Don for honest feedback and support. However, after she…
In general, you don’t want to mess with Gerard Butler. Known for such films as the …Has Fallen trilogy and Geostorm, much of Butler’s recent work has relied heavily on non-stop, over-the-top action scenes designed to get the blood pumping. While the films aren’t always highly dramatic, they’re usually good for a fun story about the ‘everyman vs….
In the Dusk, from director Sharunas Baras, takes us back to a nearly forgotten point in history, post-war Lithuania. Lithuania, which became a nation briefly in 1918, was occupied and controlled by the Soviet Union and Nazis through most of the twentieth century. Now, seventy-five years after the setting of this film, we see a…
