Bardo (or, “I?m going to make it clear to the world I?m an artist”) is the first film from Alejandro Gonzalez I??rritu since 2015?s The Revenant and is certainly his most bombastic work to date.? Here, I??rritu leaves it all on the table in this contemporary autobiographical, nostalgia trip where Silvio, a renowned documentary filmmaker,…
I am a self-proclaimed enthusiast of all things ?A Christmas Carol.? I mean, one of my son?s names is Timothy ? a purposeful reference to Tiny Tim from the Charles Dickens classic story of how a seemingly ?unredeemable? Ebenezer Scrooge journeys through his past, present, and future in a ghostly attempt to change his ways….
Waterman tells the story of Duke Kahanamoku, a man most of us probably don?t know but who we should. The documentary uses their limited amount of footage and well executed recreations of surfing and swimming events to illustrate how amazing Duke was at both. A five-time Olympic medalist and native Hawaiian, Duke became the best…
Raise the Bar is not an easy film. It challenges you as the viewer the same way the girls in the film are challenged. In turn the girls also challenge the status quo that aims to hold them back from pursuing equality in basketball and in life. The film follows an Icelandic basketball team of…
Casual hookups and dating apps have become the new normal. However, Grace (Andrea Bang) has become an outcast due to her more traditional desire for her first time to be special and she remains a virgin at the age of 27. One hectic night, she meets professional hockey player Carter Stone and, when the two…
Unless you?have?been on another planet for the last five years, you know the story of Harvey Weinstein,?his?trial for rape and sexual assault, and his subsequent conviction. These allegations and this trial helped to fuel the #MeToo movement.?Based on the Pulitzer prize-winning book of the same name,?She Said?has now made it to the big screen.??It is…
Caution: Some potential spoilers In The Menu, Hawthrone is one of the world?s most prestigious high-class ?fou-fou? restaurants on the planet, run by a world-class chef that demands perfection of his staff to an extreme as well as doing whatever he can to please the customers appetite. Margot and her boyfriend as well as many…
Not everyone smoothly segues from stage direction to cinematic work, as the touch and feel of the different mediums vary in nuanced ways. But in Lila Neugebauer’s transition from the theater to her film debut, she pulls off an intimate feeling film that explores serious subjects in our society today with a delicate touch that…
Actor-turned-director Jonah Hill has been through a lot; we all have. Knowing this, Hill set out to make a film about his therapist Philip Stutz after seeing how much he benefitted from his sessions with him. Hill states that he hopes that people could benefit from hearing how he and Stutz do a therapy session…
If anything is to be said of the man who has claimed the title of visionary director its that he knows how to find the visuals of love. Director Guillermo Del Toro revels in the compassion and heartfelt connection between human beings and often creatures of flight and fantasy. Guillermo Del Toro?s Pinnochio sees him…
