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Movie Review (Adelaide Film Festival): ‘Nightbitch’ Falls Short of True Transgression

Director: Marielle HellerWriters: Marielle Heller, Rachel YoderStars: Amy Adams, Scoot McNairy, Arleigh Snowden Synopsis: A woman pauses her career to be a stay-at-home mom, but soon her domesticity takes a surreal turn. “I feel like...

Movie Review (SCAD Savannah Film Festival): ‘The End’ is Full of Hits and Misses

Director: Joshua OppenheimerWriters: Joshua Oppenheimer, Rasmus HeisterbergStars: Michael Shannon, Tilda Swinton, George MacKay Synopsis: A Golden Age-style musical about the last human family. In a future where the world on the surface has ended...

Movie Review (NYFF 2024): ‘The Damned’ Basks in the Silence of the Battlefield

Director: Roberto MinerviniWriter: Roberto MinerviniStars: Jeremiah Knupp, René W. Solomon, Timothy Carlson Synopsis: In the winter of 1862, during the Civil War, the U.S. Army sends a volunteer company to patrol the uncharted...

Chasing The Gold (NYFF 2024): The Cinematography of ‘The Brutalist’ Breaks All The Rules in the Best Way

Around midway through Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist, celebrating its U.S. Premiere in the Main Slate of the 62nd New York Film Festival, László (Adrien Brody) and Harrison Lee Van Buren (Guy Pearce)...

Movie Review (NYFF 2024): ‘Nickel Boys’ is a Daring, Moving Masterpiece 

Director: RaMell RossWriters: RaMell Ross, Joslyn BarnesStars: Ethan Herisse, Brandon Wilson, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Hamish Linklater, Fred Hechinger, Daveed Diggs Synopsis: Elwood Curtis' college dreams are shattered when he's sentenced to Nickel Academy, a...

Movie Review (NYFF 2024): ‘Caught by the Tides’ Manages to Achieve Originality With Familiar Material

Director: Jia ZhangkeWriters: Jia Zhangke and Jiahuan WanStars: Zhao Tao, Li Zhubin Synopsis: In early 2000s China, Qiao Qiao and Guao Bin share a passionate but fragile love. When Guao Bin disappears to...

Chasing The Gold: Interview with Josh Margolin, Writer/Director of ‘Thelma’

When I wrote my original Chasing the Gold piece about why June Squibb should be nominated for Best Actress at the Oscars, I did it for the love of the performance and...

Interview (Femme Filmmakers Fest): Johanna and Jonathan Gustin of ‘Dicks That I Like’

At this year’s Femme Filmmakers Fest, Zita Short had the chance to speak with director Johanna Gustin and director of photography Jonathan Gustin about their short film Dicks That I Like (2024).  Zita...

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