Elton John: Never Too Late is an emotional film suitable for John’s target audience and it somewhat resembles the official oil portraits commissioned by the astute self-assured members of the royal family. The movie is available to stream on Disney+ and was also made available for a short time. It is co-directed by David Furnish, […]
In a 2017 interview, director Payal Kapadia made an observation, “One does not need to look too far for inspiration because the life that surrounds us is full of poetic possibilities including dreams and memories”. This artistic standpoint was evident in her first feature, the documentary ‘A Night of Knowing Everything’, and it becomes more
This discovery is not too surprising for anyone who uses their cellphones at least for a portion of their day. Everyone has witnessed a phone commercial pop-up that is astonishingly surreal. You might have whispered a word or two to your partner or a friend, and the next thing you know, you have a targeted
At times, we long for enchantment, which could be in the form of an uplifting true story brought to life by gorgeous British rendered accents actors, or even as a film starring Bill Nighy. Regardless, the movie in question is titled “Joy,” and is built off of the life of Louise Brown, the first human
The sultry atmosphere of La Guajira, a desert region that is at the heart of Ciro Guerra and Cristina Gallego’s “Birds of Passage,” also seeps into “Pimpinero: Blood and Oil,” a disheveled yet frequently narratively complex Colombian crime saga. Set within the savage turf of the hot-blooded ‘Pimpinero’, these actors engage in gasoline smuggling across
An engaging story with hilarious moments, ‘The Black Sea’ follows the story of a quirky New Yorker, Khalid, who finds himself in the picturesque country of Bulgaria. The film begins with Khalid blaming his friends in Brooklyn for not managing to keep hold of his passport, which set a challenging mission to begin with since
Most times the history books forget the name Ernest Cole the South African photographer was rather renowned and able to grab attention on a global scale with the mesmerizing book “House of Bondage” that he was able to publish in the year 1960 and sadly this was the only book that Cole wrote. However, the
Can it be that a film is simultaneously too much and not enough? This is the issue with Ridley Scott’s “Gladiator II”, a film just tumbling full of enough exhilaration to keep it from getting dull, however when you try to get something out of it in the sense of a thematic exploration, it drips
The documentary titled “The Last Republican”, chronicles Congressman Adam Kinzinger’s last months in office and he served in two districts over a time span of twelve years in Illinois. He was counted as one of the few Republican representatives who opposed Donald Trump and went as far as to not vote for him in the
Some movie pitches are inherently golden, compelling the filmmaker to at least produce something decent. “The Underperforming College Grad Who Gets One Shot At Success” is an example and “A Rag Tag Team Of Professionals Gets Lucky And Make It Big” is another one. Combine the two, and it covers almost 90% of sports films.
