“I Was Blind to My Own Blackness by Apartheid’s Design”: Milisuthando Bongela on Milisuthando
Milisuthando, courtesy of Sundance Institute. The self-described South African “writer, editor, cultural worker and artist”—and now debut feature filmmaker—Milisuthando Bongela grew up under apartheid. Yet she also didn’t, at least not within the straightforward narrative of having witnessed a racist…
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Aimee Garcia Exudes Star Power In Genuine Holiday Rom-Com
Home Movie Reviews Christmas With You Review: Aimee Garcia Exudes Star Power In Genuine Holiday Rom-Com It’s cheesy in all the right places and serious in very few, but Christmas With You is reliably sweet and sincere when it needs…
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Daisy Ridley Shines in Dark Comedy
Sometimes I Think About Dying, by director Rachel Lambert, begins with several scenes of beauty within mundanity. A deer runs down cement stairs in a neighborhood; dozens of apples have congregated on a sewer grate in the street; a gigantic…
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Gerard Butler and Mike Colter Discuss Their Action-Packed Thriller Plane
Imagine surviving an emergency plane landing (after being struck by lightning), only to get taken hostage on a war-torn island. Well, you don't have to use your imagination here as Director Jean-François Richet (The Emperor of Paris, Blood Father) alongside…
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“This Film Is Not Just for Disabled People, It Is for Anyone Who’s Ever Felt ‘Other'”: Ella Glendining on Is There Anybody Out There?
Is There Anybody Out There?, courtesy of Sundance Institute. While many non-white, non-straight folks have long lamented underrepresentation in cinema, Ella Glendining has literally never seen anyone that looks like her on-screen—or off-screen, for that matter. (Yes, other similarly bodied…
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A Gripping Look at the World of Piano Competitions
When it comes to art, there is creating art and then there is perfecting art. Anyone can learn the piano, but can you perfect it? Pianoforte dives deep into the torture and elation that comes with perfecting a talent, something…
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Another Sturdy Collaboration Between Christian Bale & Director Scott Cooper
If you believe Christian Bale is one of our finest working actors, then you must make sense of his continued collaboration with writer/director Scott Cooper. Their latest joint, Netflix’s “The Pale Blue Eye,” marks a trinity of team-ups for Bale…
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On A Wing And A Prayer Movie Details, Film Cast, Genre & Rating
Release Date April 5, 2023 Running Time Not available After their pilot dies in flight, a passenger needs to navigate the small plane to safety to save his family.... Full synopsis » MOVIE REVIEW This movie review is currently…
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Priyanka Chopra Recounts NICU Experience Following Daughter’s Birth – The Hollywood Reporter
Priyanka Chopra is opening up about the terrifying months that followed the birth of her and Nick Jonas’ daughter and their reason for choosing surrogacy. Nearly a year after their baby, Malti, was born, the actress detailed the moments when…
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A Thousand and One Movie Details, Film Cast, Genre & Rating
Release Date March 31, 2023 Running Time Not available Convinced that it is one last, necessary crime on the path to redemption, unapologetic and free-spirited Ines kidnaps six-year-old Terry from the foster care system. Holding onto their secret and each…
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Palm Trees and Power Lines Movie Details, Film Cast, Genre & Rating
Release Date March 3, 2023 (Limited) Seventeen-year-old Lea (Lily McInerny) spends her summer break aimlessly tanning in her backyard with her best friend, tiptoeing around her needy mother, and getting stoned with a group of boys from school. This monotony…
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Sundance 2023: ‘L’immensità’- Film Review
Emanuele Crialise’s “L’immensità” is an emotionally raw tale born of the filmmaker’s own experiences as a youth. This is a film rich in feeling and emotion and one that bleeds with the spectacular bond between a mother and her children.…
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