Hollywood ceased all filming for many months, including all new cinematic releases. Worldwide lockdowns meant they were forced to give up. There were not many good movies to choose from for the year. Because of the pandemic, my favorite movie has been a little more obscure. A South Korean film, Hitman Agent Jun was my […]
Following the premature passing of Moko’s older siblings, he has to abandon his dreams of pursuing a master’s degree and single-handedly raising a newborn along with three other siblings, Woko, Nina, and Ano. Balancing everything pushes him to shove his girlfriend, Maurin, who was hoping to start her career as well, out of his life.
I think any person who has had to interact, however begrudgingly, with the revenue branch of the US government should begin to feel a tiny sprinkle of compassion for Nicolas Cage. While his publicist has not confirmed or silenced the claim ‘Nicolas Cage is broken and will do anything for a paycheck’ it’s widely accepted
At times movies focus on obscure history within their country which leads to a change or evaluation of history. The film Never Alone by Klaus Haro highlights an event that could redefine history and Never Alone is on track to do that. It depicts the deportation of eight Austrian Jewish refugees from Finland, and the
I love all of the Sundance programs, but NONE can compare to the NEXT program. The festival not only focuses on first-rate exhilarating filmmakers but also permits incredibly risky filmmaking that other festivals would not allow. This dispatch is a compilation of two films that have bold independence with joy and observe broken characters trying
Suppose bunnies are not at the top of your interests, besides finding them cute. In that case, a piece of bunnies’ trivia that you will discover in writer-director Katarina Zhu’s “Bunnylovr” her debut feature, might break your heart. It turns out that when bunnies are put under a lot of stress, or experience a sudden
The Unholy is a firmly engaging and frightfully commercial theological horror film. Its frights and demons unravel within a pop version of Christianity, which makes it no more unusual than last week’s Exorcist cash grab or last year’s installment of The Conjuring franchise. But, The Unholy actually works because it has a religious plot. It
Slamdance Film Festival unveils “Disposable Humanity,” a film detailing one of the least portrayed genocide crimes in history. Between 1939 and 1945, at the initiative of the Aktion T4 program, the physically and mentally disabled population housed within institutions was systematically exterminated. Akis T4 euthanasia program also included the execution of young disabled children described
Fantasia 2024 International Film Festival will feature the screening of Black Eyed Susan on July 18 and go on until August 4. McCrae Scooter is widely known as an underground filmmaker given that all his features have been shot on a plov budget and have provocatively defied norms. While I admit I am not well
Vivian Qu is a Chinese filmmaker who has directed three features and also produced the noir drama Black Coal, Thin Ice which in 2014 won Berlin’s Golden Bear. Now she brings this crime melodrama to Berlin, an engaging if tonally uncertain high-wire adventure that satirizes China’s hopeless addiction to gangster capitalism. It is also acidly
