Richard Linklater’s Blue Moon is a study in contradiction. From the title card that opens the films with two contrasting comments about Lorenz Hart, it pushes and pulls viewers various directions at the same time. But it is only through that frenzy that we can appreciate the chaos that makes up this conflicted person.
What Phone seems to offer is a contemplation on trauma and the effects of PTSD on those who the traumatized person leaves behind. For the victims of The Grabber, there is a question of whether or not they can ever rest and so, the film offers a piece of comfort for lost and troubled souls.
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Coming at a time when the concept of ‘truth’ and the media taps into the cultural zeitgeist, The Lowdown feels exceptionally timely. This edition of Freshly Press’d speaks with Ethan Hawke and series creator, Sterlin Harjo about the battle for truth.
When the Sandford family takes a weekend to escape their busy urban life in Brooklyn, they leave...
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In Zeros and Ones, a movie about a terrorist plot that the audience never quite catches up to, Ethan Hawke plays JJ, a soldier trying to stop said plot, and Justin, JJ’s twin brother who seems to be behind the plot. But in...
Set in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans,?Cut Throat City?follows the young artist, Blink...
As one of the more iconic voices in scientific history, the impact of the work of Nikola Tesla has...
The second day of AFI Fest Presented by Audi, was another day filled with interesting and powerful films. The odd thing about being at Hollywood and Highland this year is that since the Egyptian Theater down the street isn?t...
Directed by Jesse Peretz (Our Idiot Brother, Girls), Juliet, Naked?tells the story of Annie (Rose...
Pastor Toller?s spiritual anguish, I think, is an exaggeration of a malaise that afflicts much of the church and society. It is not a lack of faith (either for Toller or the church at large). We become so overwhelmed by the griefs and pains of life that we feel paralyzed to address the deep needs of the world around us.