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Movie Review – Boiling Point (2021)

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Boiling Point, 2021. Co-written and directed by Philip Barantini. Starring Stephen Graham, Vinette Robinson, and Jason Flemyng. SYNOPSIS: Enter the relentless pressure of a restaurant kitchen as a head chef wrangles his team on the busiest day of the year. Adapted from actor-turned-filmmaker Philip Barantini’s 2019 short film of the same name which also starred […]

Movie Review – 7 Days (2022)

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7 Days, 2022. Directed by Roshan Sethi. Starring Karan Soni, Geraldine Viswanathan, Zenobia Shroff, Gita Reddy, Vinny Chhibber, Asif Ali, and Mark Duplass. SYNOPSIS: As if their pre-arranged date, organized by their traditional Indian parents, wasn’t uncomfortable enough, Ravi and Rita are forced to shelter in place together as COVID-19’s reach intensifies. 7 Days is […]

Video Review – Deep Water struggles to be erotic or thrilling

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EJ Moreno with a video review of 2022’s Deep Water… Adrian Lyne returning to the world of erotic thrillers should be a joyous moment. From 9 1/2 Weeks to Unfaithful, the filmmaker knows how to shock and awe, but maybe the break between films has lessened his scandalous abilities. Deep Water is too tame, too […]

Movie Review – Topside (2022)

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Topside, 2022. Written and Directed by Logan George and Celine Held. Starring Celine Held, Zhalia Farmer, Fatlip, Jared Abrahamson, Gino Vento, and Tonye Patano. SYNOPSIS: Deep in the underbelly of New York City, a five-year-old girl and her mother live among a community that has claimed the abandoned subway tunnels as their home. There’s an […]

Movie Review – Titane (2021)

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Titane, 2021. Directed by Julia Ducournau. Starring Agathe Rousselle, Vincent Lindon, Laïs Salameh, Myriem Akheddiou, Bertrand Bonello and Garance Marillier. SYNOPSIS: A woman with a metal plate in her head following a childhood car accident ends up on the run after a killing spree. Julia Ducournau announced herself as a new voice in horror cinema […]

Movie Review – The Electrical Life of Louis Wain (2021)

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The Electrical Life of Louis Wain, 2021. Directed by Will Sharpe. Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Claire Foy, Andrea Riseborough, Toby Jones, Sharon Rooney, Aimee Lou Wood, Hayley Squires, Stacy Martin, and Taika Waititi. SYNOPSIS: The extraordinary true story of eccentric British artist Louis Wayne, and the legacy he created. Ever since his brilliant turn as British […]

2022 SXSW Film Festival Review – 32 Sounds

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32 Sounds, 2022. Directed by Sam Green. SYNOPSIS: Explores the elemental phenomenon of sound and its power to bend time, cross borders, and profoundly shape our perception of the world around us. Oscar-nominated director Sam Green’s (The Weather Underground) new film 32 Sounds offers one of the most immersive documentary experiences you’re ever likely to have, […]

2022 SXSW Film Festival Review – Women Do Cry

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Women Do Cry, 2021. Directed by Vesela Kazakova and Mina Mileva. Starring Maria Bakalova, Vesela Kazakova, Iossif Surchadzhiev, Diana Spasova, Bilyana Kazakova, Dobriela Popova, Rositca Gevrenova, Ralitsa Stoyanova, and Katia Kazakova. SYNOPSIS: A promising musician, Sonja, learns that she’s contracted HIV. After she drops out of the music conservatory, Sonja is helped out by her […]

2022 SXSW Film Festival Review – The Thief Collector

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The Thief Collector, 2022. Directed by Allison Otto. Starring Glenn Howerton, Sarah Minnich, Scott Takeda, and Matt Pittenger. SYNOPSIS: In 1985, Willem de Kooning’s “Woman-Ochre,” one of the most valuable paintings of the 20th century, was cut from its frame at the University of Arizona Museum of Art. 32 years later, the painting was found […]