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Movie Review (NYFF 2024): ‘The Room Next Door’ is More Loquacious Than Expressionistic

Director: Pedro AlmodóvarWriter: Pedro Almodóvar, Sigrid NunezStars: Julianne Moore, Tilda Swinton, John Turturro Synopsis: Ingrid and Martha were close friends in their youth, when they worked together at the same magazine. After years...

Movie Review (NYFF 2024): ‘Hard Truths’ Examines The Essential Nature of Empathy

Director: Mike LeighWriter: Mike LeighStars: Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Bryony Miller, Sophia Brown Synopsis: Ongoing exploration of the contemporary world with a tragicomic study of human strengths and weaknesses. While watching Mike Leigh’s latest film, social...

Movie Review: ‘Speak No Evil’ is a Competent Remake, and Nothing More

Director: James WatkinsWriter: James WatkinsStars: James McAvoy, Mackenzie Davis, Scoot McNairy Synopsis: When an American family is invited to spend the weekend at the idyllic country estate of a charming British family they...

Movie Review: ‘The Critic’ is a Silly Melodrama of Which To Be Critical

Director: Anand TuckerWriters: Patrick Marber, Anthony QuinnStars: Lesley Manville, Mark Strong, Gemma Arterton Synopsis: A powerful London theater critic becomes entangled in a web of deceit and murder. The Critic is a misguided melodrama...

Movie Review: ‘The Mother of All Lies’ Shows How Memories Challenge Generational Trauma

Director: Asmae El MoudirWriter: Asmae El MoudirStars: Asmae El Moudir, Mohamed El Moudir, Zahra Jeddaoui Synopsis: A Moroccan woman's search for truth tangles with a web of lies in her family history. As...

Chasing the Gold: Sequels with Oscar-Winning Origins 

This year, three recent Best Picture nominees—Dune, Max Max: Fury Road, and Joker are back with a sequel or prequel—- Dune: Part 2, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, and Joker: Folie a Deux.  While Dune is just a continuation of the...

Movie Review (NYFF 2024): ‘Who By Fire’ Places Rivalry and Desire Center Stage  

Director: Philippe LesageWriter: Philippe LesageStars: Noah Parker, Aurelia Arandi-Longpré, Arieh Worthalter, Paul Ahmarani Synopsis: Seventeen-year-old Jeff stays at film director Blake Cadieux's wilderness lodge after being invited by friend Max's family. When strange...

Movie Review (NYFF 2024): ‘Pepe’ is an Existential Journey of Pablo Escobar’s Cocaine Hippos

Director: Nelson Carlos de Los Santos AriasWriter: Nelson Carlos de Los Santos AriasStars: Jhon Narváez, Fareed Matjila, Steven Alexander Synopsis: A voice that claims to be from a hippopotamus. A voice that doesn't...

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