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Brian Susbielles

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Movie Review (Middleburg 2023): ‘American Fiction’ is a Perfect Balance

Director: Cord JeffersonWriters: Cord Jefferson and Percival EverettStars: Jeffrey Wright, Skyler Wright, John Ales Synopsis: A novelist who's fed up with the establishment profiting from "Black" entertainment uses a pen name to write...

Criterion Releases: November 2023

For the penultimate month of 2023, Criterion is bringing in a new classic by Martin Scorsese and Claude Chabrol, but also has three contemporary films all released in 2022. All from different...

Movie Review (Middleburg Film Festival): ‘The Holdovers’ Humanizes Our Flaws

Director: Alexander PayneWriter: David HemingsonStars: Paul Giamatti, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Dominic Sessa Synopsis: A cranky history teacher at a remote prep school is forced to remain on campus over the holidays with a...

Movie Review (Middleburg Film Festival): ‘Zone of Interest’ Shows the True Evil of Apathy

Director: Jonathan GlazerWriters: Martin Amis and Jonathan GlazerStars: Sandra Huller, Christian Friedel, Freya Kreutzkam Synopsis: The commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss, and his wife Hedwig, strive to build a dream life for their...

Middleburg Film Festival 2023 Preview

I am happy to be returning to the Middleburg Film Festival (October 19-22) in Virginia. As in past years, I will review a handful of movies I will see there, most of...

Op-Ed: Norman Jewison: Good Director in a Terrible Business

A film director who can work with different genres touching on many facets of life is a chameleon. One of these film directors is Norman Jewison. Alive today aged 97, Jewison is...

Criterion Releases: October 2023

All of the films coming out this month are part of the horror/suspense genre. From the time of silent films, these stories have been part of the cycle of movies being shown...

Ruan Lingyu: Tragic Icon Of Chinese Cinema

I recently came across director Stanley Kwon’s biopic Center Stage (1991) starring Maggie Chung as an actress I had never heard of before. While this film left much to be desired, partly...

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