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21 Mar

I Love My Dad | SXSW2022

Kolby Mac0 CommentsSXSW2022Film Festivals, Film Review, James Morosini, Patton Oswalt, Review, SXSW, SXSW2022

A super cringe, super uncomfortable father/son love story that’s equal parts sick and amazingly tender. A beautiful trainwreck of emotions leading to a crash that will undo you. Patton Oswalt and James Morosini are unexpectedly the best Romance of 2022 and the biggest surprise… It’s a true story. Chuck represented an unreliable constant in his son Franklin’s life. Franklin recently attempted suicide and in the aftermath of that failed attempt, while building boundaries and healing, he cuts out his dad for good. Chuck is determined to right his wrongs and be the dad his son deserves at any cost. Even…

20 Mar

Sissy Review | SXSW2022

Hector Gonzalez0 CommentsSXSW2022Film Festivals, Film Review, Sissy, SXSW, SXSW2022

Acquired recently by Shudder, even before the festival started, Sissy is following the lengthy and rocky trend of social media horror films, which I haven’t been the biggest fan of. Having said that, I was still excited to see how it was going to tackle the themes of trauma, pressure, and loneliness (which seem to be the main topics in these types of horror pictures). It begins with bright colors and a score that feels like it came out from a Disney Channel film. The sing-songy music cue makes you think that this was a farce on social media, which…

25 Jan

The Cow Who Sang a Song Into the Future | Review

Raul Navedo0 Comments2022, English Reviews, Film Festivals, Reviews, Sundance 2022Film Festivals, Film Review, Mia Maestro, Sundance 2022, Sundance Film Festival, The Cow Who Sang a Song Into the Future

Do you remember the last film you saw where, from the first frame, you thought “I don’t know where this is going but I am here for it”. Well, allow me to introduce you to the next one to hit on that level. The Cow Who Sang a Song Into the Future is a fascinating portrait of second chances that keeps you thoroughly engaged from start to finish. A beautiful mystery that reveals itself slowly: small doses cleverly designed to keep you hooked, rewarding you for your patience all along the way. This is one that could go a million…

04 Oct

France Review | NYFF 2021

Hector Gonzalez0 CommentsNYFF 2021, ReviewsFilm Festivals, Film Review, FRANCE, New York Film Festival

France tackles yellow journalism and sensationalism in a ridiculous and darkly satirical way that makes a mockery of the news outlets; it has Léa Seydoux going along with the bit, but it overstays its welcome with its unnecessarily lengthy runtime. France de Meurs (Léa Seydoux) is a famous TV journalist whose stardom is caused by extreme measures and ridiculing moments. Her career, homelife, and psychological solidity change when she carelessly drives into a delivery man on the streets of Paris. The accident caused France to go on a series of self-destructive moments and get involved in a new romance. Her…

30 Sep

It’s the best time of the year!! FILM FEST 919 PRESENTS 2021 PROGRAM

Mohamed Shama0 CommentsNewsC’MON C’MON, Film Fest 919, Film Festivals, King Richard, Red Rocket, Spencer

My favorite Film Festival is kicking off in it's 4th edition with highly anticipated movies for the year. Film Fest 919 takes place in Chapel Hill, NC as a live, in-person event from October 18-24, 2021. Film Fest 919 (FF919) embodies the true spirit of a film festival, presenting a diverse breadth of compelling features to the area’s enthusiastic, film-loving audience. Showcasing the season’s most talked-about films selected by Cannes, Sundance, Berlin, Venice, Telluride and Toronto film festivals, audiences will have an opportunity to see awards-worthy films early on. FF919 kicks off the week on Monday, October 18 with the Spotlight Award presentation to multi-award-winning songwriter Diane…

29 Sep

BERGMAN ISLAND Review | NYFF 2021

Hector Gonzalez0 CommentsNYFF 2021, ReviewsBergman Island, Film Festivals, NYFF, NYFF21

Bergman Island is Mia Hansen-Løve’s best and most intimate film; it takes a meta-textual route to deliver a brilliantly written and structured testimony of the cursed writer’s block as well as slowly gnawing dysfunctional relationships. An American couple, Chris (Vicky Krieps) and Tony (Tim Roth), go on a trip to the famous Fårö island, which inspired Ingmar Bergman to write and direct many of his famous works. They are there for the summer to write the scripts for their subsequent films in the act of pilgrimage, seclusion, and the search for creativity. As they advance with their screenplays, fiction and…

30 Jan

Ma Belle, My Beauty Review | Sundance 2021

Raul Navedo0 CommentsEnglish Reviews, Reviews, Sundance 2021Film Festivals, Film Review, LGBTQ+, Ma Belle My Beauty, Sundance 2021, Sundance Film Festival

Ma Belle, My Beauty is a raw moving picture that delves into a relationship molded by years of complicated love and into how it can be shattered in an instant by selfishness and abandonment. A quiet patient story that explores so much more than emotion and touches on a side of togetherness few have experienced but most understand. The feeling of loving someone with everything you have but knowing they can’t help but bring pain and never seem to take it with them when they leave. Idella Johnson and Hannah Pepper appear in Ma Belle, My Beauty by Marion Hill,…

29 Jan

Son of Monarchs Review | Sundance 2021

Raul Navedo0 CommentsEnglish Reviews, Reviews, Sundance 2021Film Festivals, Film Review, Hijo de Monarcas, Son of Monarchs, Sundance 2021, Sundance Film Festival

Son of Monarchs is an intriguingly captivating film out of Mexico that introduces many of its audience members to a world few knew existed… the world of biologists trying to figure out how to genetically change the color of butterfly wings! That’s a real job. Watch this movie and see for yourself! Tenoch Huerta Mejía appears in Son of Monarchs by Alexis Gambis, an official selection of the NEXT section at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. After the death of his grandmother, Mendel, a Mexican biologist living in New York, returns to his hometown nestled in the majestic monarch butterfly…

29 Jan

Human Factors Review | Sundance 2021

Raul Navedo0 CommentsEnglish Reviews, Reviews, Sundance 2021Film Festivals, Film Review, Human Factors, Sundance Film Festival

Human Factors is, as the title would suggest, a human story about the different ways people deal and of the fallibility of those we trust the most. A family drama that plays with the idea of perspectives, which is a tool often used to increase tension and bring clarity, but here they miss the mark making the narrative drag and leaving you more confused at the end than you were when the journey began. Wanja Valentin Kube, Mark Waschke, and Jule Hermann appear in Human Factors by Ronny Trocker, an official selection of the World Cinema Dramatic Competition at the…

22 Jan

2021 Sundance Film Festival: Juries Announced

Mohamed Shama0 CommentsNews2021, Film Festivals, Sundance, Sundance Film Festival

22 Jurors to Award Prizes at Awards Night on February 2 Park City, UT 22 celebrated voices across film, art and culture will bestow this year’s awards on feature-length and short films at the Sundance Film Festival, at a digital ceremony taking place February 2nd. This year’s Festival is fully available online at Festival.Sundance.org; Awards Night will be live-streamed. Award-winning films will be available for special extended-run viewing the day after the ceremony. The awards, which recognize standout artistic and cinematic achievement, are decided on by 6 section juries. As in years past, Festival audiences have a role in deciding…