Monday, May 19, 2025

Festivals

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...

2025 Sundance Film Festival: What To Watch For

We are once again at the first major film festival of the year, Sundance. Last year’s festival brought out Didi, A Real Pain, Daughters, The Remarkable Life of Ibelin, and A Different...

Movie Review (Cinemania Festival 2024): ‘Monsieur Aznavour’ Examines the Tortured Rise of a Genius

Directors: Grand Corps Malade, Mehdi IdirWriters: Grand Corps Malade, Mehdi IdirStars: Tahar Rahim, Bastien Bouillon, Marie-Julie Baup Synopsis: Follows the beginnings of the iconic French-Armenian singer, songwriter and actor, Charles Aznavour, from zero...

Movie Review (Festival Cinemania 2024): Sophie Deraspe Delivers Her Best Film with ‘Shepherds’

Director: Sophie DeraspeWriters: Sophie Deraspe, Mathyas LefebureStars: Félix-Antoine Duval, Solène Rigot, Younes Boucif Synopsis: A young Montreal advertising executive, converted to a Provençal shepherd, has various misadventures with a civil servant who has...

Movie Review (Adelaide Film Festival): ‘Black Box Diaries’ is a Towering Achievement in Documentary Filmmaking

Director: Shiori ItôWriter: Shiori ItôStars: Shiori Itô Synopsis: Journalist Shiori Ito investigates her own sexual assault, seeking to prosecute the high-profile offender. Her quest becomes a landmark case, exposing Japan's outdated judicial and...

Movie Review (Miami Film Festival): ‘September 5’ is a Pulse-Pounding Thriller On a Dark Day in History

Director: Tim FehlbaumWriters: Moritz Binder, Alex David, Tim FehlbaumStars: Peter Sarsgaard, John Magaro, Ben Chaplin Synopsis: During the 1972 Munich Olympics, an American sports broadcasting crew finds itself thrust into covering the hostage crisis...

Movie Review (SCAD Savannah Film Festival): ‘The Piano Lesson’ is a Southern Gothic Haunting

Director: Malcolm WashingtonWriters: Virgil Williams, Malcolm Washington, August WilsonStars: Samuel L. Jackson, John David Washington, Danielle Deadwyler Synopsis: Follows the lives of the Charles family as they deal with themes of family legacy and...

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