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Movie Review (Sundance 2025): ‘The Virgin of the Quarry Lake’ Takes On Apathy and Coming-of-Age

Director: Laura CasabeWriter: Benjamín NaishtatStars: Fernanda Echevarría, Dady Brieva, Dolores Oliveiro Synopsis: Follows a jealous girl who enlists the help of magic to interfere with a relationship involving the apple of her eye. With the opening...

Movie Review (Sundance 2025): ‘Sly Lives!’: Another Exciting and Reverential Doc From Questlove

Director: QuestloveStars: André 3000, Chaka Khan, George Clinton Synopsis: It focuses on the life and legacy of Sly and the Family Stone, telling the story behind the rise, reign and fadeout of one of...

Movie Review (Sundance 2025): ‘Omaha’ Balances Devastation and Beauty

Director: Cole WebleyWriter: Robert MachoianStars: John Magaro, Molly Belle Wright, Wyatt Solis Synopsis: After a family tragedy, siblings Ella and Charlie are woken up by their dad and taken on a cross-country journey, experiencing a...

List: Alex Papaioannou’s Top 10 Films of 2024

It seems that, nowadays, everybody on Film Twitter likes to say it was a bad year for movies. To that I say: there’s no such thing. 2024 is no different. There was...

Chasing The Gold: Capturing the Hypnotic Power Dynamic of ‘Babygirl’

While this piece won’t outright spoil anything, those wanting to go in blindly to Halina Reijn’s latest film, Babygirl, may want to consider bookmarking and returning upon seeing how the film concludes.  There’s...

Chasing The Gold (NYFF 2024): The Cinematography of ‘The Brutalist’ Breaks All The Rules in the Best Way

Around midway through Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist, celebrating its U.S. Premiere in the Main Slate of the 62nd New York Film Festival, László (Adrien Brody) and Harrison Lee Van Buren (Guy Pearce)...

Movie Review (NYFF 2024): ‘Blitz’ is a Frightening War Film All About Juxtaposition

Director: Steve McQueenWriter: Steve McQueenStars: Saoirse Ronan, Harris Dickinson, Benjamin Clémentine Synopsis: Follow the stories of a group of Londoners during the events of the British capital bombing in World War II. Steve McQueen’s...

Chasing the Gold (NYFF 2024): ‘Happyend’ Reveals The Difference Between Cold Surveillance & Warm Cinema

Stepping into Neo Sora’s Happyend, one might expect something much closer to a sci-fi film with a dystopian hook. And in many ways, the film, celebrating its U.S. premiere in the Main...

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