Category: Features
Plot, Cast, Release Date, and Everything Else We Know
Plot, Cast, Release Date, and Everything Else We Know

Back in 2015, when The Walking Dead franchise was at its peak, a new television show began airing. With the title Fear the Walking Dead, at the beginning it served as a prequel to the original show. We watched characters…

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Claire Denis & Margaret Qualley On Slow-Dancing, Getting Lost & Staying ”Inside The Frame” [NYFF]
Claire Denis & Margaret Qualley On Slow-Dancing, Getting Lost & Staying ”Inside The Frame” [NYFF]

The centerpiece of Claire Denis’ “Stars at Noon” plays out in a stilled, near-empty nightclub suffused with violet light, where two strangers in a strange land share a moment of swooning intimacy. We glimpse Trish (Margaret Qualley) first adrift in…

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Sundance 2023: ‘It’s Only Life After All’- Film Review
Sundance 2023: ‘It’s Only Life After All’- Film Review

Sundance 2023 Premiere Selection “It’s Only Life After All” Reflecting on their decades-long music career, Indigo Girls (Amy Ray and Emily Saliers) are front and center in director Alexandria Bombach’s documentary “It’s Only Life After All”; a film that traces…

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Movies to Watch When All You Want Is a Beach Vacation
Movies to Watch When All You Want Is a Beach Vacation

When the heat of summer has ebbed away and the cold, wet misery of winter has set in, we could all use an instant pick-me-up by escaping to the warmer waters of the movies. While thoughts of the beach in…

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Why Practical Effects May Be Better Than CGI
Why Practical Effects May Be Better Than CGI

An ongoing debate among film buffs is whether practical effects are better than CGI effects. For those out of the loop, practical effects are special effects that are physically, tangibly created for the screen. Animatronics, puppetry, on-set explosions, and make-up…

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Paul Schrader Talks ’Master Gardener,’ Almost Casting Kevin Spacey & “Dodging That Lolita Thing By Making Him A Proud Boy” [NYFF]
Paul Schrader Talks ’Master Gardener,’ Almost Casting Kevin Spacey & “Dodging That Lolita Thing By Making Him A Proud Boy” [NYFF]

Paul Schrader always knew that “Master Gardener” would be controversial. In the legendary filmmaker’s crime-thriller, which had its North American premiere at the 60th New York Festival earlier this month, Narvel Roth (Joel Edgerton), the head horticulturist of a historic…

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On A Wing And A Prayer Movie Details, Film Cast, Genre & Rating
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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A Thousand and One Movie Details, Film Cast, Genre & Rating
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
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
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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How The ‘Burbs Couldn’t Find Its Ending
How The ‘Burbs Couldn’t Find Its Ending

Few places in this world are as simultaneously placid and terrifying as the American suburbs. Though cookie-cutter houses and bright green lawns may seem idyllic at first, poison can run underneath the heartland. Films like The Graduate and Edward Scissorhands…

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How Jerry Became the Most Important Character in Rick and Morty
How Jerry Became the Most Important Character in Rick and Morty

Rick and Morty is one of the most popular shows of our times. The deeply satirical series is filled with loads of dark humor and a surprising amount of philosophical subtext. Easily the most charismatic character on the show is…

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