Thursday, May 29, 2025

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Movie Review: ‘The Actor’ Shows Us How To Remember

Director: Duke JohnsonWriter: Duke Johnson and Stephen CooneyStars: André Holland, Gemma Chan, Toby Jones Synopsis: Paul Cole finds himself stranded in a mysterious small town with no memory of who he is or...

Interview: Director of ‘The Perfect Tomato,’ Cristobal Abugaber

Will Bjarnar, after reviewing The Perfect Tomato, interviewed the director, Cristobal Abugaber. Will Bjarnar: You've said that you were inspired by a visit to a fruit cart in New York after seeing that...

Movie Review: ‘Bring Them Down’ is Grim and Gripping

Director: Christopher AndrewsWriter: Christopher Andrews, Jonathan HourniganStars: Christopher Abbott, Barry Keoghan, Nora-Jane Noone Synopsis: An Irish shepherding family thrust into battle on several fronts: internal strife, hostility within the family, rivalry with another...

Sundance Capsule Reviews: ‘Love, Brooklyn,’ ‘Plainclothes,’ & ‘Ricky’

The “actor’s showcase” – much like the “oh, the places you’ll go” dramatic framework that I wrote about in this series’ first volume – is nothing new to the Sundance Film Festival,...

Sundance Capsule Reviews: ‘Bubble & Squeak,’ ‘LUZ,’ and ‘Sukkwan Island’ 

At this year’s Sundance Film Festival, one could count at least 25 films that involved characters navigating unfamiliar environments, from two British teenager’s misguided trip to Syria in search of independence (Brides)...

Movie Review: ‘The Perfect Tomato’ Weighs the Cost of a Life’s Work

Director:  Cristobal AbugaberWriters: Cristobal AbugaberStars: Eligio Meléndez, María Meléndez, María Fernanda Ayala Synopsis: An aging farmer refuses to leave his long standing way of life behind at the risk of losing what truly...

Movie Review (Sundance 2025):  ‘By Design’ Dreams of What it Means to Become Something Else

Director: Amanda KramerWriter: Amanda KramerStars: Juliette Lewis, Mamoudou Athie, Melanie Griffith Synopsis: A woman swaps bodies with a chair, and everyone likes her better as a chair. “You wouldn’t know to look at her,”...

Movie Review (Sundance 2025): ‘Atropia’ is a Toothless, Distracted Satire

Director: Hailey GatesWriter: Hailey GatesStars: Alia Shawkat, Chloe East, Channing Tatum Synopsis: Follows an aspiring actress working on a U.S. military base that simulates an Iraqi war zone. If one were to write a book titled...

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