I recently had the opportunity to talk via Zoom with The Reunited States director Ben Rekhi, and two of the film?s subjects, David and Erin Leaverton, who took a year to travel the US and talk with people about our divisions. For more on the film, see the Screenfish review or visit the film?s website…
?Why are you helping me?? ?You were in my path.? Surviving may be all that someone can handle at times. It?s not just a matter of physical survival, but can require surviving the kind of pain and sorrow that seeks to kill one?s soul and spirit. In Land, the directorial debut of Robin Wright, a…
Every now and then, Pixar releases a film that is not just enjoyable or even powerful but truly special. Soul is one of those films. Directed by Pete Docter, Soul is a film that admittedly feels like it?s been made for adults but kids should still love as well. While Docter?s previous hits Monsters Inc. and Inside Out targeted the fears and…
?It?s not lost on me that, if robots learn to dance, they may be more human than I am.? ? Michael Allcock, Fear of Dancing Written and directed by Michael Allcock, Fear of Dancing follows his trek around the world to understand why so many others are terrified of expressing themselves through dance. In a touching and funny…
When Kenny Daglish made the transition from Celtic in Scotland to Liverpool in the English Premier League, John Dower?s Scottish father found his European football allegiance transitioning, too. Over the years, the Dower family avidly followed their team, attending the miracle win in Istanbul in 2005 and now enjoying the latest spoils of success under…
Sound of Metal tells the story of Reuben (Riz Ahmed) a heavy metal drummer who hammers out ferocious sets with his girlfriend and bandmate (Olivia Cooke). Committed to his rock and roll lifestyle, Reuben?s world is turned on its head when, all of a sudden, a persistent ringing in his ears worsens until sound drops…
Set in the 1840s, acclaimed palaeontologist Mary Anning (Kate Winslet) continues her daily search for fossils along the harsh coastline of Lyme Regis. Although she has made significant contributions to the scientific community, she is now largely ignored by the male-dominated historical society and spends her days looking for common fossils to sell to rich…
?Your destiny is set.? Draupadi Unleashed, written and directed by Tony Stopperan, based on a book by Nisha Sabharwal, is the story of a young woman who struggles with her place in the very structured patriarchal society of aristocratic Indian society in the early 20th century. The film focuses on 16 year old Indira (Selena…
Directed by Renaldo Marcus Green, Good Joe Bell tells the true story of Joe Bell (Mark Wahlberg), a loving husband and father from the American Heartland. The picture of traditional manhood, Joe?s conservative worldview is threatened when his son, Jadin (Reid Miller) tells him that he?s gay. After Jadin is bullied mercilessly at his high school, Joe…
The streets of Medell?n, Columbia, are the setting for Catalina Arroyave?s debut feature, The Days of the Whale. The streets she shows us are filled with color because of the music and graffiti artwork. But those streets are also places of darkness because of the crime that fills the city. Cristina (Laura Tob?n) and Sim?n…
