Friday, March 29, 2024

Festivals

Middleburg Film Festival 2023 Preview

I am happy to be returning to the Middleburg Film Festival (October 19-22) in Virginia. As in past years, I will review a handful of movies I will see there, most of...

Movie Review (NYFF 2023): ‘Last Summer’ is a Precarious Balancing Act

Director: Catherine BreillatWriter: Catherine BreillatStars: Lea Drucker, Olivier Raboudin, Samuel Kircher Synopsis: Follows Anne, a brilliant lawyer who lives with her husband Pierre and their daughters. Anne gradually engages in a passionate relationship...

Interview: Tanner Beard of the Mammoth Film Festival

Multi-hyphenate Tanner Beard is best known for his work as a prolific producer of independent films but he has also distinguished himself in other professional fields. He co-founded the Mammoth Film Festival...

Movie Review (NYFF 2023): ‘The Settlers’ is a Necessary History

Director: Felipe Gálvez HaberleWriters: Antonia Girardi, Felipe Gálvez Haberle, and Mariano LlinásStars: Mark Stanley, Sam Spruell, Alfredo Castro Synopsis: A mixed-race Chilean, rides south on an expedition led by MacLenan, a former Boer...

Movie Review (NYFF 2023): ‘Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World’ is All Jokes

Director: Radu JudeWriter: Radu JudeStars: Nina Hoss, Dorina Lazar, Uwe Boll Synopsis: An overworked and underpaid production assistant has to shoot a workplace safety video commissioned by a multinational company. But an interviewee...

Movie Review (NYFF 2023): ‘Maestro’ is Pure Oscar Bait

Director: Bradley CooperWriters: Bradley Cooper and Josh SingerStars: Bradley Cooper, Carey Mulligan, Matt Bomer Synopsis: This love story chronicles the lifelong relationship of conductor-composer Leonard Bernstein and Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein. Even though Maestro...

Movie Review (NYFF 2023): ‘Strange Way of Life’ Focuses Only on the Looks

Director: Pedro AlmodóvarWriter: Pedro AlmodóvarStars: Pedro Pascal, Ethan Hawke, George Steane Synopsis: After twenty-five years Silva rides a horse across the desert to visit his friend Sheriff Jake. They celebrate the meeting, but...

Movie Review (Venice Film Festival 2023): ‘El Conde’ Needs More Horror Bite

Director: Pablo LarraínWriters: Guillermo Calderón and Pablo LarraínStars: Alfredo Castro, Catalina Guerra, Paula Luchsinger Synopsis: Centers on Augusto Pinochet who is not dead but an aged vampire. After living 250 years in this...

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