Amelia’s Children, 2024. Written and Directed by Gabriel Abrantes. Starring Carloto Cotta, Brigette Lundy-Paine, Alba Baptista, Anabela Moreira, Sónia Balacó, Rita Blanco, Nuno Nolasco, Beatriz Maia, Valdemar Santos, and Ana Tang. SYNOPSIS: Edward searches for biological family in Portugal. He finds a villa and reunites with his long-lost mother and twin. But their shared past […]
Movie Review – You Won’t Be Alone (2022)
You Won’t Be Alone, 2022. Written and directed by Goran Stolevski. Starring Noomi Rapace, Anamaria Marinca, Alice Englert, Carloto Cotta, Félix Maritaud, and Sara Klimoska. SYNOPSIS: In an isolated mountain village in 19th-century Macedonia, a young girl is kidnapped and then transformed into a witch by an ancient spirit. We’ve seen existentialism filtered through the […]
Movie Review – You Won’t Be Alone (2022)
You Won’t Be Alone, 2022. Written and Directed by Goran Stolevski. Starring Sara Klimoska, Anamaria Marinca, Alice Englert, Félix Maritaud, Carloto Cotta, Noomi Rapace, Irena Ristić, Arta Dobroshi, Daniel Kovacevic, and Kamka Tocinovski. SYNOPSIS: In an isolated mountain village in 19th century Macedonia, a young girl is kidnapped and then transformed into a witch by […]
Movie Review – Frankie (2019)
Frankie, 2019. Directed by Ira Sachs. Starring Isabelle Huppert, Brendan Gleeson, Greg Kinnear, Marisa Tomei, Jérémie Renier, Pascal Greggory, Ariyon Bakare, Vinette Robinson, Carloto Cotta, Mikaela Lupu, and Sennia Nanua. SYNOPSIS: Three generations grappling with a life-changing experience during one day of a vacation in Sintra, Portugal, a historic town known for its dense gardens […]