It really is no surprise that Julia (Maika Monroe) isn’t happy. She’s followed her husband to Bucharest but can’t speak the language. He has a job in marketing, but she has only memories of a career in acting. She gave … Continue reading WATCHER
Jake (Colin Farrell) and Kyra (Jodie Turner-Smith) have purchased an android, Yang (Justin H. Min), to help educate their adopted daughter Mika (Malea Emma Tjandrawidjaja) about her Chinese heritage. The way Jake says this when he talks to other people … Continue reading AFTER YANG
Somewhere in Japan, business is winding down for the night, and café owner Kato (Kazunari Tosa) goes upstairs to his apartment to relax. But on his computer monitor he is still in the café, two minutes in the future. Convinced … Continue reading BEYOND THE INFINITE TWO MINUTES (ドロステのはてで僕ら)
McBride knows his Welles: he’s been writing about him since 1970. He watched Kane 60 times before approaching Welles for an interview. Not long after he did, Welles cast McBride in The Other Side of the Wind—Welles’ legendarily unfinished final film. Continue reading WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO ORSON WELLES?
Set in modern-day Japan, Belle—the latest from anime writer/director Mamoru Hosoda—follows Suzu, a 17-year-old wanna-be singer suffering from a crippling shyness stemming from a childhood tragedy. For this reason, Suzu can’t connect with the other students and can’t tell her oldest … Continue reading BELLE (竜とそばかすの姫)
For the second year in a row, the Sundance Film Festival returns to Colorado. Well, to anyone with an internet connection and a movie ticket, really, because Sundance ’22 (January 20-30) is once again rolling out the virtual red carpet with … Continue reading Sundance Film Festival 2022
Style is half the picture. Story is the other half. William Shakespeare’s 17th-century play, The Tragedie of Macbeth, might be one of the greatest stories ever penned. If not, it’s at least one of the most durable. The desire for power, … Continue reading THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH
I don’t even know where to begin. The Matrix Resurrections feels like such a poorly conceived project, approached with such utter cynicism and flimsy execution, that the more I think about it, the less I like it. Any ideas about these characters … Continue reading THE MATRIX RESURRECTIONS
JR Moehringer (Daniel Ranieri) has come home to Manhasset. To grandpa, an eccentric old-timer who is smarter than he lets on and lazier than you can imagine. His Long Island house is falling apart, paint chip by paint chip, and … Continue reading THE TENDER BAR
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