TikTok, Boom., 2022. Directed by Shalini Kantayya. SYNOPSIS: With TikTok crowned the world’s most downloaded app, these are the personal stories of a cultural phenomenon, told through an ensemble cast of Gen-Z natives, journalists, and experts alike. Coded Bias director Shalini Kantayya’s follow-up doc challenges yet another window of our increasingly algorithm-controlled lives; social media, […]
Movie Review – Call Jane (2022)
Call Jane, 2022. Directed by Phyllis Nagy. Starring Elizabeth Banks, Sigourney Weaver, Chris Messina, Kate Mara, Wunmi Mosaku, and Cory Michael Smith. SYNOPSIS: A married woman with an unwanted pregnancy lives in a time where she can’t get a legal abortion, and works with a group of suburban women to find help. Oscar-nominated Carol writer […]
Movie Review – Sharp Stick (2022)
Sharp Stick, 2022. Written and directed by Lena Dunham. Starring Kristine Froseth, Jon Bernthal, Scott Speedman, Lena Dunham, Taylour Paige, and Jennifer Jason Leigh. SYNOPSIS: Sarah Jo is a naïve 26-year-old living on the fringes of Hollywood with her mother and sister. She just longs to be seen. When she begins an affair with her […]
Movie Review – We Met in Virtual Reality (2022)
We Met in Virtual Reality. 2022 Written and Directed by Joe Hunting SYNOPSIS: Filmed entirely inside the world of VR, this documentary captures the excitement and surprising intimacy of a burgeoning cultural movement, demonstrating the power of online connection in an isolated world. Meaningful human connection is not limited to in person. Frankly, it hasn’t […]
Movie Review – Cha Cha Real Smooth (2022)
Cha Cha Real Smooth, 2022. Written and Directed by Cooper Raiff. Starring Cooper Raiff, Dakota Johnson, Evan Assante, Vanessa Burghardt, Leslie Mann, Brad Garrett, Raúl Castillo, Colton Osario, Amara Pedroso Saquel, Odeya Rush, Brooklyn Ramirez, Kelly O’Sullivan, and Javien Mercado. SYNOPSIS: A young man who works as a Bar Mitzvah party host strikes up a […]
Movie Review – Superior (2021)
Superior, 2021. Co-written and directed by Erin Vassilopoulos. Starring Alessandra Mesa, Ani Mesa, Pico Alexander, Jake Hoffman, and Stanley Simons. SYNOPSIS: On the run, Marian returns to her hometown to hide out with her identical twin sister, Vivian, and in doing so alters the trajectory of both their lives. In what’s sure to be one of […]
Movie Review – Hive (2021)
Hive, 2021. Written and directed by Blerta Basholli. Starring Yllka Gashi, Çun Lajçi, Aurita Agushi, Kumrije Hoxha, Adriana Matoshi, and Kaona Sylejmani. SYNOPSIS: Fahrije’s husband has been missing since the war in Kosovo. She sets up her own small business to provide for her kids, but as she fights against a patriarchal society that does […]
Movie Review – Dual (2022)
Dual, 2022. Written and Directed by Riley Stearns. Starring Karen Gillan, Aaron Paul, Beulah Koale, Katariina Havukainen, Maija Paunio, Kris Gummerus, Andrei Alén, Sanna-June Hyde, and Donat Balaj. SYNOPSIS: A woman opts for a cloning procedure after she receives a terminal diagnosis but when she recovers her attempts to have her clone decommissioned fail, leading […]
Movie Review – Fresh (2022)
Fresh, 2022. Directed by Mimi Cave. Starring Daisy Edgar-Jones, Sebastian Stan, Jojo T. Gibbs, Charlotte Le Bon, Andrea Bang, and Dayo Okeniyi. SYNOPSIS: The horrors of modern dating seen through one young woman’s defiant battle to survive her new boyfriend’s unusual appetites. The horror genre has historically been a potent outlet for filmmakers to express […]
Video Review – Sebastian Stan Eats Up His Best Role Yet with Fresh
EJ Moreno with a review of Mimi Cave’s Fresh starring Sebastian Stan and Daisy Edgar-Jones… With elements of American Psycho, Ex Machina, and Promising Young Woman sprinkled throughout, Fresh feels tailor-made for my sensibilities. It all comes together with Mimi Cave’s brilliant direction of Lauryn Kahn’s script, a pair that I will need to see […]
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