The Legend of Molly Johnson – One woman’s struggle
How far will someone go to protect the ones they love? In Leah Purcell?s Australian Western, The...
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Nina Wu – The Dark Side of Success
?I really can?t take it anymore. You?re not only destroying my body, but my soul.? An actress gets...
Rose Plays Julie – The Real Me?
?I can?t help thinking that somehow if you?d managed to hold on to me, I?d be living a different...
The Price for Silence – Pain More Than Healing
The emotional ghosts of the past are the driving force of the melodramatic The Price for Silence. Our first images of protagonist Kira Flynn (Lynn Mancinelli) make it clear that she is suffering PTSD centered in the emotional...
Beauty and the Dogs – Persisting in a #MeToo World
?And yet she persisted? is a political statement in the US. It speaks to women seeking a voice to speak to power. But a woman?s persistence takes on a much deeper importance in the Tunisian film Beauty and the Dogs.
3.20 Listening to 13 REASONS WHY…
In a very special episode of the show, Steve sits down with teens Savannah Roach, Daniel Collins, Brea Bowden and Mitch Macgowan to talk about Netflix’s controversial series, 13 REASONS WHY. ?In an eye-opening...
Sunday at NBFF
You?ll note I never give you a preview of what I?ll see the next day when I make my report each day. That is because one never knows what will be sold out leading me to figure out a plan B (or plans B throughout the day).
Elle – Obsessions and Revenge
?It?s twisted.? That brief line of dialogue defines Paul Verhoeven?s Elle in more ways than one....
The Innocents – Faith and Doubt in War’s Aftermath
The film touches on the question of how God can allow such evil to exist, but without dwelling on it or trying to answer such and unanswerable question. Rather it focuses on how one moves on in the aftermath of such devastation?whether personal or societal.