Final Destination (also known as the franchise that heightened my paranoia) has been a dormant franchise for nine years, and it’s about time we see…
FIM REVIEW: One Man and His Shoes -The BFI London Film Festival 2020
Director: Yemi Bamiro Unless you are Imelda Marcos or Carrie Bradshaw, to most of us shoes are just a practical necessity, but when Nike introduced…
Stay home and enjoy the virtual 2020 Milwaukee Film Festival | Movies
Gillian Jacobs plays a 35-year-old writer who returns to her old college town in “I Used To Go Here,” which kicks off the Milwaukee Film…
The Netflix animated film ‘Over the Moon’ aims high but doesn’t stick the landing
Chang’e (voiced by Phillipa Soo) in the movie “Over the Moon.” (Netflix) Near the beginning of “Over the Moon,” a strenuously bizarre animated riff on…
FILM REVIEW: The Salt In Our Waters (Nonajoler Kabbo) – The BFI London Film Festival
Writer and Director: Rezwan Shahriar Sumit In this film from Bangladesh, artist Rudro travels to a remote fishing village to work on his sculptures. But…
37th Mill Valley Film Festival Reviews
37th Mill Valley Film Festival opener Ariel Winograd’s “The Heist Of The Century” inventively entertains and brings out a viewer’s vicarious miscreant. It recreates the…
FILM REVIEW: One Night in Miami – The BFI London Film Festival 2020
Writer: Kemp Powers Directors: Regina King This year’s London Film Festival has been particularly strong for debut movies and Regina King’s One Night in Miami…
FILM REVIEW: Cicada – The BFI London Film Festival 2020
Writer: Matt Fifer with Sheldon D Brown Director: Matt Fifer and Kieran Mulcare Ben is sick with desire, it seems. He picks up men and…
FILM REVIEW: Ultraviolence – The BFI London Film Festival 2020
Writer: Tariq Mehmood Director: Ken Fero Deaths by police action inflamed our summer, sparking the #BlackLivesMatter protests but while the most famous cases have happened…
The Broad Theater opens The Broadside outdoor movie and event space in Mid-City | Film
Local drive-in movie and concert events have sold out quickly since the pandemic shutdowns began, but it’s restaurants that got The Broad Theater’s Brian Knighten…
FILM REVIEW: Supernova – The BFI London Film Festival 2020
Writer and Director: Harry Macqueen One way to achieve intimacy on screen is to cast actors who have known each other a long time, director…
London Film Festival reviews: Mangrove | One Night in Miami | Supernova
Arts and CultureFilm and TV Mangrove charts the rising tide of anger against racism in 1960s Britain. Reviews by Alistair Harkness Monday, 12th October 2020,…
FILM REVIEW: Wildfire – The BFI London Film Festival 2020
Writer and Director: Cathy Brady The Irish entries into the London Film Festival are always some of the most exciting in the programme and this…
FILM REVIEW: Mogul Mowgli – The BFI London Film Festival 2020
Writers: Bassam Tariq and Riz Ahmed Director: Bassam Tariq In the past few years, public discourses on British identity have been trying to shrink its…
Pixar Gets Existential in Dizzying Animated Film
Pixar’s latest entertainment continues the studio’s successful quest for emotional domination of the animation space. Having mined your heart in “Up” and penetrated your brain…
Oregon Film Museum is a shrine to ‘The Goonies’; expansion could soon honor others
The first thing you see in “The Goonies” is a jailhouse, its cramped cells painted pale yellow, the hard-faced exterior soon illuminated by a wall…
FILM REVIEW: Wolfwalkers – The BFI London Film Festival 2020
Writer: Will Collins Directors: Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart Cromwell’s Ireland was a dangerous place, filled with occupying soldiers, military rule and brutal massacres to…
London Film Festival 2020: Mogul Mowgli
London Film Festival 2020: Mogul Mowgli | Review 10 October 2020 Public screeningsOnline on BFI Player from 10th October 2020 6.30pm until 13th October 2020…
Shockfest Film Festival: Las Vegas Magic Show Recap + Upcoming Event Details
Shockfest Film Festival has just held the first live event in Las Vegas since the national shutdowns caused by the global pandemic of the dreaded…
Abu Dhabi resident’s film gets picked for Israeli film festival
© Provided by Khaleej Times Abu Dhabi resident’s film gets picked for Israeli film festival Indian expat Shaheer Sha…