?Happy memories here. Other memories here.? Joanna Hogg?s The Eternal Daughter is a film that is bound to memory?of times past, of love, of relationship. It is dark and moody attempt to uncover the mystery of a mother/daughter bond that seems a bit cold and distant. It is styled as a gothic ghost story, but…
What do you do if the government forbids you from making films? If you are Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi, you make films about not being able to make films. The most recent of these films is No Bear. Sadly, it may be the last for some time. In 2010, Panahi was charged with making propaganda…
I am always happy to take part in AFIFest. AFIFest 2022 is set to begin, running November 2nd-6th, 2022. It is the first time since 2019 that it will be a fully in-person festival. (In 2020, it was entirely virtual, and 2021 was a hybrid festival.) It is wonderful that things are beginning to return…
?Each of us is a priest of Christ. Me, you. Each and every one of you.? Oscar-nominated Corpus Christi (for Best International Feature Film) explores what it means to be a priest of Christ. But it does so through the story of an imposter who finds a community in need. The story is inspired by…
Welcome to Hollywood and AFI Fest Presented by Audi. I love coming to this festival and discovering some of the best films in the world, some of the great history of the industry, and the work of filmmakers who are just now making a name for themselves. Part of the New Auteurs section featuring emerging…
Just before what is generally thought of as ?awards season? comes the American Film Institute?s AFIFEST presented by Audi.
I was in college, of prime draft age, when M*A*S*H hit the theaters in 1970. That probably says a lot about what I found so appealing about that film when I first saw it.
Justice. Revenge. Are they the same? Are they even related? In the Fade from Fatih Akin is the story of a search for justice, and what happens when that justice is denied.
There?s a new Western in town: The Ballad of Lefty Brown. Once upon a time Westerns were a staple of the movie industry. Now when one comes out they create a bit of nostalgia.
What Will People Say was one of my favorite films at AFIFest this year. I wasn?t alone in my estimation of the work; it also won the Audience Award in the New Auteurs section. It is a powerful and engaging film in which two different value systems collide within the life of a teenager as she grows up with connection to two cultures.
