Two Women, 2025. Directed by Chloé Robichaud. Starring Laurence Leboeuf, Karine Gonthier-Hyndman, Mani Soleymanlou, Sophie Nélisse, Juliette Gariépy, Patrick Abellard, and Félix Moati. SYNOPSIS: Two struggling mothers grapple with unfulfilled expectations and societal pressures. As they navigate their roles as wives and professionals, one woman’s unexpected affair sparks a reevaluation of their lives and priorities. […]
2025 Sundance Film Festival Review – The Stringer
The Stringer, 2025. Directed by Bao Nguyen. SYNOPSIS: A two-year investigation uncovers a scandal behind the making of one of the most-recognized photographs of the 20th century. Five decades of secrets are unraveled in the search for justice for a man known only as “the stringer.” On June 8th, 1972, nine-year-old Phan Thị Kim Phúc […]
2025 Sundance Film Festival Review – The Ugly Stepsister
The Ugly Stepsister, 2025. Written and Directed by Emilie Blichfeldt. Starring Lea Myren, Thea Sofie Loch Næss, Ane Dahl Torp, Flo Fagerli, Isac Calmroth, Malte Gårdinger, Ralph Carlsson, Isac Aspberg, Albin Weidenbladh, Oksana Czerkasyna, Katarzyna Herman, Adam Lundgren, Willy Ramnek Petri, Cecilia Forss, Kyrre Hellum, Richard Forsgren, Agnieszka Żulewska, Philip Lenkowsky, and Staffan Kolhammar. SYNOPSIS: […]
Movie Review – The Room Next Door (2024)
The Room Next Door, 2024. Written and Directed by Pedro Almodóvar. Starring Tilda Swinton, Julianne Moore, John Turturro, Alessandro Nivola, Juan Diego Botto, Raúl Arévalo, Victoria Luengo, Alex Høgh Andersen, Esther-Rose McGregor, Alvise Rigo, Melina Matthews, Sarah Demeestere, Anh Duong, Antonios Antoniadis, Francesc Tort, and Paolo Luka Noé. SYNOPSIS: Ingrid and Martha were close friends […]
Movie Review – Emilia Pérez (2024)
Emilia Pérez, 2024. Written and Directed by Jacques Audiard. Starring Karla Sofía Gascón, Zoe Saldana, Selena Gomez, Adriana Paz, Edgar Ramírez, Mark Ivanir, Eduardo Aladro, Emiliano Hasan, Lucas Varoclier, Daniel Velasco-Acosta, James Gerard, and Sébastien Fruit. SYNOPSIS: In Mexico, a lawyer receives an unexpected offer to help a feared cartel boss retire from his business […]
60th Chicago International Film Festival Review – Armand
Armand, 2024. Written and Directed by Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel. Starring Renate Reinsve, Ellen Dorrit Petersen, Endre Hellestveit, Thea Lambrechts Vaulen, Øystein Røger, Vera Veljović-Jovanović, Loke Nikolaisen, Assad Siddique, and Patrice Demonière. SYNOPSIS: Armand, a 6-year-old boy, is accused of crossing boundaries against his best friend at elementary school. While no one knows what actually happened […]
Movie Review – Bird (2024)
Bird, 2024 Written and Directed by Andrea Arnold. Starring Nykiya Adams, Barry Keoghan, Franz Rogowski, Jason Buda, Frankie Box, Jasmine Jobson, James Nelson-Joyce, Joanne Matthews, Rhys Yates, Jason Williamson, Kirsty J. Curtis, Sarah Beth Harber, and Carlos O’Connell. SYNOPSIS: Bailey lives with her brother Hunter and her father Bug, who raises them alone in a […]
Movie Review – Here (2024)
Here, 2024. Directed by Robert Zemeckis. Starring Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Paul Bettany, Kelly Reilly, Michelle Dockery, Gwilym Lee, Ophelia Lovibond, David Fynn, Leslie Zemeckis, Jonathan Aris, Albie Salter, Lilly Aspell, Lauren McQueen, Billie Gadsdon, Harry Marcus, Ben Wiggins, Joel Oulette, Dannie McCallum, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Mohammed George, Dexter Sol Ansell, Zsa Zsa Zemeckis, Cache Vanderpuye, […]
60th Chicago International Film Festival Review – Flow
Flow, 2024. Written and Directed by Gints Zilbalodis. SYNOPSIS: Cat is a solitary animal, but as its home is devastated by a great flood, he finds refuge on a boat populated by various species, and will have to team up with them despite their differences. In an age where nearly every mainstream animation studio is […]
BFI London Film Festival 2024 Review – Hard Truths
Hard Truths, 2024. Written and directed by Mike Leigh. Starring Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Michele Austin, Sophia Brown, Ani Nelson, and David Webber. SYNOPSIS: Set in London, Leigh’s new film explores family relationships in the post-pandemic world. Mike Leigh has been one of the most pioneering voices in the UK film industry since the 1970s with the […]
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