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No Time To Fail | Film Threat

Directed by Sara Archambault and Margo Guernsey, No Time To Fail is as informative as it’s timely. The film was shot during the months leading up to the 2020 election. The filmmakers follow the hardworking election officials in a city…

40 Below: The Toughest Race In The World

Marius Anderson directs the intensely titled 40 Below: The Toughest Race In The World. The documentary is about the ultramarathon known as Arrowhead 135. The 135-mile course runs from International Falls, Minnesota, to Tower, Minnesota. It is the coldest and…

Warner Bros Hotel Abu Dhabi Review: A Fanboys Dream

We stayed a couple of nights at the WB Abu Dhabi, Curio Collection by Hilton hotel. The ultimate hotel stay over for every movie and superhero fan out there. Here’s our Warner Bros Hotel Abu Dhabi review. (C) Miral The…

Before Us | Film Threat

Before Us appears to be about an eccentric San Francisco family but soon turns into a serious documentary about why a mother gave up two daughters for adoption before she was married and had a family. Writer-director Hedia Maron is that…

Catherine Breillat’s Devastating Drama Exposes Bourgeois Amorality [Cannes]

It would be nice to think that desires are nothing more than preferences, springing organically from a fixed identity and unaffected by outside circumstances such as personal history and societal norms. The reality is, of course, much thornier, and trying…

Lottery | Film Threat

In Ryan J. Smith’s thriller Lottery, the writer-director questions how far one would go to escape poverty and save their girl. Lee (Mitchell Fisher) is a young adult who hasn’t quite got the adult part of his life in order. At…

Wei Shujun Adapts A Bleak, Inscrutable Noir [Cannes]

Chinese author Yu Hua is no stranger to Cannes. The famed postmodernist writer’s work first graced the silver screens of the Palais back in 1994 with director Zhang Yimou’s masterclass adaptation of his seminal novel, “To Live.” A searing portrait…

Sk8face | Film Threat

Directed by Matt Bass, Sk8face is the first of its kind: a documentary chronicling the history and pop culture prominence of skateboard art. The film begins with a brief overview of how skateboarding came to be and its rise to the mainstream.…

‘La Chimera’ Is Another Enchanting Modern Myth From Alice Rohrwacher [Cannes]

Alice Rohrwacher’s “La Chimera” flits between languages (English, Italian, French, German) as fluidly as it does mediums (35mm, Super16mm, and 16mm cinematography) and styles (jerkily sped up Chaplin-esque scenes, clinical CCTV footage, audacious 180-degree camera flips). Rohrwacher uses this mosaic…