‘The Shadow Strays’ isn’t known for being overly original considering it is an Indonesian action thriller about a rogue assassin that hints at lizard brain pleasures. This is evident from the participation of Timo Tjahanto, the director behind ‘The Night Comes For Us’, along with the relatively new choreographer for this film – Muhammad Irfan, […]
Titus Kaphar, a visual artist, has shifted to the medium of film by writing and directing a feature film titled “Exhibiting Forgiveness.” His work resists categorization. He has paintings from different periods of his career stacked one upon the other, or he has cut pieces out of their canvases. These layers and omissions are always
It’s been a year since I went to the Toronto International Film Festival in 2023 to catch the world premiere of ‘Woman of the Hour,’ Anna Kendricks’s directorial debut, and the film is just as haunting today. The film is written by Ian McDonald who was inspired to write and produce its screenplay after studying
There’s been a pattern this year concerning sequels that have been derided as mere “copy and paste” of their respective originals in movies like “Inside Out 2” and “Terrifier 3.” (I am sure this is the first and last instance when Art and Joy were compared. You’re welcome.) One of several things that works about
“High Tide” will put you on the edge of your seat. Set in the streets and beaches of Provincetown, the writer-director Marco Calvani creates an emotional narrative of an undocumented gay Brazilian, Lourenço. With an uncertain future creeping close, he figures his time in town is almost due, and is counting the hours left. A
“Venom: The Last Dance” brilliantly satiates our need for wacky separate character’s goofy repurposed buddy films, but if this factor is kept in mind, then that happens less often than we would like. In his third biography film as journalist Eddie Brock, and symbiont of sorts, Tom Hardy seems to be on board with the
The cast and the script give life to the word “electric” in the movie “Conclaves.” The production design works beautifully, and the visuals do a perfect job of reinforcing the narrative through a multitude of astonishing twists. Audiences get an insight into the obscure and fascinating centuries-old ritual: the election of a new Pope from
Alfred Alfred Hitchcock has perhaps been a part of many articles, books, and critiques over any other filmmaker. This is partially because of the extent of his filmography as he directed no less than fifty-three feature films over more than five decades, but even the most unremarkable pieces still managed to provide substance for audiences
The movie “Nocturnes” starts by allowing only a few moving moths to light up a very dark sky as they spread their wings, and alongside the muffles, you can hear the muscles of the day playing out but only very crudely. All that the listeners are forced to hear are the brazen beats of insects,
Laura (Melissa Barrera) is enduring the harshest end to a relationship. Not only did her long-term boyfriend Jacob (Edmund Donovan) leave her, but he also left her while she was in the middle of cancer treatment. He simply stated that he was unable to be her caretaker and her life, leaving her a sobbing jumble
