Saturday, May 18, 2024

Festivals

Movie Review (LFF): ‘Farewell Amor’ is a Tender but Unmemorable Family Drama

Director: Ekwa Msangi Writers: Ekwa Msangi Stars: Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine, Zainab Jah, Jayme Lawson Synopsis: Reunited after 17 years, an Angolan immigrant is joined in the U.S. by his wife and daughter. Now strangers...

Movie Review (LFF): ‘Kajillionaire’ is a Peculiar and Delightful Surprise

Director: Miranda July Writers: Miranda July Stars: Evan Rachel Wood, Debra Winger, Gina Rodriguez, Richard Jenkins Synopsis: A young woman's life changes when her criminal parents invite a peculiar woman into their devious schemes. Every now...

Movie Review: ‘The Lie’ is Chilling and Captivating Enough to Recommend

Director: Veena Sud Writers: Veena Sud; Marcus Seibert and Sebastian Ko (based on the film Wir Monster) Stars: Joey King, Mireille Enos, Peter Sarsgaard, Cas Anvar, Patti Kim, Nicholas Lea, Devery Jacobs Synopsis: A father and...

Movie Review (LFF): ‘Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets’ is an Exhausting but Rewarding Documentary

Director: Bill Ross IV, Turner Ross Synopsis: Patrons and staff enjoy their last night in a Las Vegas bar that's shutting down. An old man wakes at the bar mid-morning and recites Shakespeare as...

Movie Review (LFF): ‘Undine’ is Too Slippery to Fully Capture the Heart

Director: Christian Petzold Writer: Christian Petzold Stars: Paula Beer, Franz Rogowski, Maryam Zaree Synopsis: Undine works as a historian lecturing on Berlin's urban development. But when the man she loves leaves her, the ancient myth...

Movie Review (NYFF): ‘French Exit’ is a Melancholic Love Story between Mother and Son

Director: Azazel Jacobs Writer: Patrick Dewitt Stars: Michelle Pfeiffer, Lucas Hedges, Valerie Mahaffey, Imogen Poots, Susan Coyne, Danielle Macdonald, Isaach De Bankolé, Daniel Di Tomasso, Tracy Letts. Synopsis: 60-year-old penniless Manhattan socialite, Frances Price, cashes...

Movie Review (LFF): ‘Shirley’ is a Fun New Twist on a Bio-Pic

Director: Josephine Decker Writer: Sarah Gubbins Stars: Elisabeth Moss, Odessa Young, Michael Stuhlbarg, Logan Lerman Synopsis: A famous horror writer finds inspiration for her next book after she and her husband take in a young...

Movie Review (NYFF): ‘Time’ is First-Hand Testimony about the Injustice of the American Penal System

Director: Garrett Bradley Synopsis: Fox Rich, entrepreneur, abolitionist, and mother of six boys, has spent the last two decades campaigning for the release of her husband, Rob G. Rich, who is serving a...

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