Asher Luberto
It's a great week to be a dog lover at the movies. There's puppy reincarnation in "A Dog's Purpose" and puppy salvation in "John Wick: Chapter 3--Parabellum." The third installment in a series that has given new ...
Toba Singer
Again with the Shakespeare, Kenneth Branagh! This time it’s not a movie version of a work by the bard, but rather, a close encounter with him along fault lines predicting a fractious interlude. You may wince at ...
Jess Friedman
“Little Woods” is writer and director Nia DaCosta’s debut film about two sisters in rural South Dakota struggling to make ends meet. Tessa Thompson (“Sorry to Bother You”, “Creed”) plays Ollie, short for Oleander. Ollie is a determined, serious, ...
Asher Luberto
Independent films can be hard to navigate. They're made on relatively low budgets, and all relies on the filmmakers craft and virtue. Blockbusters are a different story. They have voluptuous ...
Jess Friedman
"Giant Little Ones, " directed by Keith Behrman and starring Josh Wiggins, Darren Mann and Kyle Maclachlan, is the 2018 Canadian version of “Love Simon,” a coming of age LGBTQIA drama that ...
Toba Singer
Even given transparent formulas for box office success, it’s curious how each filmmaker’s starting point holds out an argument of its own. Ralph Fiennes, who directs and appears in “White Crow,” a film that collects around the idiosyncrasies of ...
Asher Luberto
Early on someone concludes that "No amount of money ever bought a second of time." Wise words indeed. Yet it's also a vertiginous enigma when you consider that this very well could be the most expensive film ever made. ...
Renata PoltSan Francisco,
This year's San Francsico Silent Film Festival starts and ends with film icon Buster Keaton's films: “The Cameraman” on May 1st, opening night; and “Our Hospitality” on May 5th, closing night. The festival, ...
Andrew OsborneBoston,
When it comes to having an idea for a movie, the journey from dream to screen can often takes years (assuming it's completed at all). But the 48 Hour Film Project offers the satisfying experience ...
Andrew OsborneAustin,
The term "festival goggles" refers to the heightened reaction that a movie can receive when seen by viewers surrounded by the stars and filmmakers amid the buzz and excitement of an event like ...
