In his latest film, From the Vine, director Sean Cisterna (Kiss and Cry) shows that, like a glass of fine wine, it can be refreshing to go home again. From The Vine tells the story of downtrodden CEO Marco Gentile (Joe Pantoliano), a man experiencing a moral crisis. Burned out and broken, Marco finds himself lost in…
Vampires have a wide range of portrayals in our culture. They have scared us (Noferatu, and Dracula), become love interests (the Twilight series), a metaphor for sexual variation (True Blood), comic figures (What We Do in the Shadows), or a mixture of all of the above (Buffy the Vampire Slayer). In Emily Harris?s film Carmilla,…
Dads don?t always get a lot of good press these days. At a time when important conversations about toxic masculinity dominate the news and absentee and abusive fathers have become common, men have become better known for their sins than their strengths. From acts of violence to abuse of their authority, the nightly news features…
Directed by Michael Winterbottom,?The Trip to Greece?sees Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon return for one last journey together, this time through Greece?s historic landscapes.?Following in the footsteps of?The Odyssey, Coogan and Brydon travel from Troy to Ithaca, tasting the rich mythology, delicacies and wine of the region along the way. Partly scripted, partly improvised and…
In the new documentary,?The Painter and the Thief, director Benjamin Lee introduces the world Barbora Kysilkova, a Czech painter who is devasated when?two of her masterpieces are stolen from the Galleri Nobel, an art exhibit in Norway. Eventually, she is able to contact one of the thieves responsible in Karl-Bertil Nordland, a man with a…
‘Put some respect on my name!’ is the name of the game. Inside the Rain starts with our main character, a college student named Benjamin Glass (Aaron Fisher). Glass is a student suffering from ADHD, OCD, Borderline personality and he is Bipolar. He wants to prove to everyone around him that he is smart (or…
Directed and co-written by Shane Belcourt, Red Rover introduces the world to Damon (Kristian Bruun), a frustrated man in his early 30s who seems like his life is perpetually stuck, both personally and professionally. Feeling lost and alone, Damon spends his free time looking for unknown ?treasure? on the beach with his metal detector, but to no…
There?s something about the smell of a used bookstore that just makes me happy. That smell was missing from The Booksellers, but watching this documentary about antiquarian book stores in New York City and book collectors was an enjoyable experience in many other ways. Director D. W. Young takes us into this world of books…
It is amazing how complicated heist movies can be. That?s their nature. Pulling a gun and asking for money doesn?t really make for a movie plot. But if you can steal something through various steps, and then twist things up with double and triple crosses, you have a story that even when we aren?t sure…
Disney World is closed. So is Disneyland. Indeed, all theme parks and even most major studios are shut down for the foreseeable future. However, that doesn?t mean you still can?t take a tour of Walt Disney?s animation studios from the comfort of your living room. At least, their studio from the 1940s. For that is…
