Director: Emilie BlichfeldtWriter: Emilie BlichfeldtStars: Lea Myren, Thea Sofie Loch Næss, Ane Dahl Torp
Synopsis: Follows Elvira as she battles against her gorgeous stepsister in a realm where beauty reigns supreme. She resorts to...
Director: Rebeca Lenkiewicz Writer: Deborah LevyStars: Emma Mackey, Vicky Krieps, Fiona Shaw
Synopsis: With a strange illness, a mother and her daughter embark on a journey to the Spanish coast to find a...
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,...
Director: Eva VictorWriter: Eva VictorStars: Eva Victor, Naomi Ackie, Louis Cancelmi
Synopsis: Something bad happened to Agnes. But life goes on - for everyone around her, at least.
Sorry, Baby is told in four chapters...
After Sundance comes our second big film festival of the year, the Berlin International Film Festival, aka Berlinale. Jury head Todd Haynes (May December) and his fellow judges will be watching an...
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)...
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,”...
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...
