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Movie Review (Adelaide Film Festival): ‘Nightbitch’ Falls Short of True Transgression

Director: Marielle HellerWriters: Marielle Heller, Rachel YoderStars: Amy Adams, Scoot McNairy, Arleigh Snowden Synopsis: A woman pauses her career to be a stay-at-home mom, but soon her domesticity takes a surreal turn. “I feel like...

Movie Review (SCAD Savannah Film Festival): ‘The End’ is Full of Hits and Misses

Director: Joshua OppenheimerWriters: Joshua Oppenheimer, Rasmus HeisterbergStars: Michael Shannon, Tilda Swinton, George MacKay Synopsis: A Golden Age-style musical about the last human family. In a future where the world on the surface has ended...

Movie Review (NYFF 2024): ‘The Damned’ Basks in the Silence of the Battlefield

Director: Roberto MinerviniWriter: Roberto MinerviniStars: Jeremiah Knupp, René W. Solomon, Timothy Carlson Synopsis: In the winter of 1862, during the Civil War, the U.S. Army sends a volunteer company to patrol the uncharted...

Movie Review (NYFF 2024): ‘Nickel Boys’ is a Daring, Moving Masterpiece 

Director: RaMell RossWriters: RaMell Ross, Joslyn BarnesStars: Ethan Herisse, Brandon Wilson, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Hamish Linklater, Fred Hechinger, Daveed Diggs Synopsis: Elwood Curtis' college dreams are shattered when he's sentenced to Nickel Academy, a...

Movie Review (NYFF 2024): ‘Caught by the Tides’ Manages to Achieve Originality With Familiar Material

Director: Jia ZhangkeWriters: Jia Zhangke and Jiahuan WanStars: Zhao Tao, Li Zhubin Synopsis: In early 2000s China, Qiao Qiao and Guao Bin share a passionate but fragile love. When Guao Bin disappears to...

Interview (Femme Filmmakers Fest): Johanna and Jonathan Gustin of ‘Dicks That I Like’

At this year’s Femme Filmmakers Fest, Zita Short had the chance to speak with director Johanna Gustin and director of photography Jonathan Gustin about their short film Dicks That I Like (2024).  Zita...

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...

Movie Review (NYFF 2024): ‘On Becoming a Guinea Fowl’ Takes a Twisted Turn Through Trauma

Director: Rungano NyoniWriter: Rungano NyoniStars: Susan Chardy, Elizabeth Chisela, Esther Singini Synopsis: On an empty road in the middle of the night, Shula stumbles across the body of her uncle. As funeral proceedings...

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