Tuesday, May 13, 2025

Awards

Movie Review: ‘The Hand Of God’ is Paolo Sorrentino’s Beautiful Childhood Memory Brought to Life

Director: Paolo SorrentinoWriter: Paolo SorrentinoStars: Filippo Scotti, Toni Servillo, Teresa Saponangelo, Marlon Joubert, Luisa Ranieri Synopsis: In 1980s Naples, Italy, a young man experiences heartbreak and liberation after he's inadvertently saved from a...

Movie Review (London Film Festival): Olivia Colman gives a powerhouse performance in Maggie Gyllenhaal’s hypnotic The Lost Daughter

Director: Maggie Gyllenhaal Writer: Maggie Gyllenhaal Stars: Olivia Colman, Dakota Johnson, Jessie Buckley, Peter Sarsgaard, Ed Harris Synopsis: A woman, while on a summer holiday, finds herself becoming obsessed with another woman and her daughter,...

Chicago IFF 2021 Dispatch: ‘Paris, 13th District’, ‘The Gravedigger’s Wife’ & ‘Nobody Has to Know’

The 2021 Chicago International Film Festival offers a rich and vast array of quality international cinema, and for this dispatch of reviews, we are going to take a look into three films...

Movie Review (Middleburg Film Festival): With Wonderful Animation and a Compelling Story, ‘Flee’ is One of the Best Films of 2021.

Director: Jonas Poher Rasmussen Synopsis: On the verge of marriage to his long-time boyfriend, a successful academic in Denmark is confronted with a secret from his past. The crisis of Afghanistan has been tragically...

Movie Review (Middleburg Film Festival): ‘Red Rocket’ is a Hilarious, Sharp Effort by the great Sean Baker

Director: Sean Baker Writer: Chris Bergoch, Sean Baker Stars: Simon Rex, Bree Elrod, Suzanna Son Synopsis: A washed-up porn star clashes with his estranged wife after returning to his hometown in Texas. The films of Sean...

Movie Review (Middleburg Film Festival): With ‘Belfast,’ Kenneth Branagh Deliveries a Deeply Personal Crowd Pleaser for All

Director: Kenneth Branagh Writer: Kenneth Branagh Stars: Caitríona Balfe, Judi Dench, Jamie Dornan, Ciarán Hinds, Jude Hill Synopsis: A semi-autobiographical film that chronicles the life of a working class family and their young son's childhood...

Interview: A Conversation with Martha Plimpton (Mass)

As I get the email from her publicist on that Wednesday afternoon saying “we’re gonna head into the zoom now, we’re running early” my hands get sweaty, my nerves start making my...

Movie Review (NYFF): ‘Dune’ is a lifeless spectacle that serves as a prologue for something bigger and better to come

Director: Denis Villeneuve Writer: Jon Spaihts, Denis Villeneuve, Eric Roth Cast: Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgård, Dave Bautista, Zendaya, Jason Momoa, Javier Bardem Synopsys: Feature adaptation of Frank Herbert's science...

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