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Movie Review (Berlinale 2023): ‘Silver Haze’ Has Too Many Moving Parts to Leave An Impact

Director: Sacha Polak Writer: Sacha Polak Stars: Vicky Knight, Esme Creed-Miles, Charlotte Knight Synopsis: Fifteen years after she got burnt when the pub where she slept as a child caught fire, Franky (23) seeks revenge...

Movie Review (Berlinale 2023): ‘Bad Living’ is a Splendid Ghostly Portrayal of Family Dysfunction

Director: João Canijo  Writer: João Canijo  Stars: Anabela Moreira, Rita Blanco, Madalena Almeida Synopsis: Follows five women who fight for the stability of an hotel they inherited, living an "old and irresolvable conflict", with many...

Movie Review (Berlinale 2023): ‘The Eternal Memory’ Renders Vast Empathy and Humanity

Director:  Maite Alberdi Writer:  Maite Alberdi Synopsis: Augusto and Paulina have been together for 25 years. Eight years ago, he was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. Both fear the day he no longer recognizes her. World...

Movie Review (Sundance 2023): ‘All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt” is a Lovely Visual Poem with Little Story  

Director: Raven Jackson Writer: Raven Jackson  Stars: Moses Ingram, Sheila Atim, Chris Chalk Synopsis: A decades-spanning exploration of a woman's life in Mississippi and an ode to the generations of people, places, and ineffable moments...

Movie Review (Sundance 2023): ‘You Hurt My Feelings’ is Pure Bliss for Holofcener Fans

Director: Nicole Holofcener Writer: Nicole Holofcener Stars: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Tobias Menzies, Owen Teague Synopsis: A novelist's longstanding marriage is suddenly upended when she overhears her husband giving his honest reaction to her latest book. Only a...

Movie Review (Sundance 2023): ‘Magazine Dreams’ Fails Jonathan Majors

Director: Elijah Bynum Writer: Elijah Bynum  Stars: Jonathan Majors, Haley Bennett, Harrison Page, Taylour Paige Synopsis: A Black amateur bodybuilder struggles to find human connection in this exploration of celebrity and violence. There’s one very good...

Movie Review (Sundance 2023): ‘The Accidental Getaway Driver’ is a Repetitive Slow Burn

Director: Sing J. Lee Writers: Sing J. Lee, Christopher Chen Stars: Hiep Tran Nghia, Dustin Nguyen, Dali Benssalah Synopsis: During a routine pickup, an elderly Vietnamese cab driver is taken hostage at gunpoint by three recently escaped Orange County...

Movie Review (Sundance 2023): ‘Onyx The Fortuitous and The Talisman of Souls’ is an Acquired Taste

Director: Andrew Bowser Writer: Andrew Bowser Stars: Olivia Taylor Dudley, Jeffrey Combs, Arden Myrin Synopsis: Fledgling occultist Onyx and a group of worshipers attend a once-in-a-lifetime ritual at their idol BARTOK THE GREAT'S mansion. Before jumping into this film, I...

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