Sentimental Value Lives By Its Actors Empathetic Performances (Middleburg Film Festival)
2021’s The Worst Person in the World was a critical darling upon its release and announced writer/director Joachim Trier and actress Renate Reinsve as two talents on the rise in the film world. Their followup film has finally…
Read More »Jay Kelly Entertains but Is Forgettable (Middleburg Film Festival)
George Clooney. Adam Sandler. Laura Dern. Noah Baumbach. Jay Kelly is a star studded production from Netflix with decent hype leading up to its release. Jay Kelly (Clooney) is a world famous movie legend who is high in…
Read More »Rental Family: Uncomfortable Lies Exchanged For Comfortable Truths (Middleburg Film Festival)
After 2022’s “Brenaissance” that saw the actor make a triumphant return to Hollywood with his Academy Award winning turn in The Whale, Brendan Fraser hits the big screen for his first starring role since bringing home the Oscar….
Read More »Left-Handed Girl: A Slice of Alice Character Study with a Twist (Middleburg Film Festival)
Fresh off of his stellar Oscar winning run last year for Anora, Sean Baker’s first foray back into theaters is as a co-writer and producer of a Taiwanese film by director/writer Shih-Ching Tsou. Left-Handed Girl tracks the lives…
Read More »Train Dreams: Life Goes On (Middleburg Film Festival)
Train Dreams follows Robert Grainier (Joel Edgerton), a logger who works the forests of the Pacific Northwest, helping to create a new world at the turn of the 20th century. They say that life must, and always does, go…
Read More »Christy is a Stark Depiction of the Cycle of Abuse (Middleburg Film Festival)
Christy Martin rose to fame and prominence in the 1990s as the pioneering champion and personality in the burgeoning sport of women’s boxing. Promoted by the legendary Don King and fighting on Mike Tyson undercards, she helped to…
Read More »Die My Love Takes an Unflinching Look at Mental Health
After nearly ten years since her last feature film , director Lynne Ramsey returns to theaters. Die My Love follows Grace (Jennifer Lawrence) and Jackson (Robert Pattinson), a young couple who move from New York City to Jackson’s rural…
Read More »It Was Just An Accident Presents a Compelling Moral Dilemma
Iranian writer/director Jafar Panahi has been through quite a lot in his determination to speak against the Iranian regime. Jailed twice over the past 15 years for being accused of producing propaganda against the state and conducting a…
Read More »Nouvelle Vague: For the Rule Breakers (Middleburg Film Festival)
French New Wave with experimentation in new filmmaking techniques like the use of natural light, jump cut editing, and auteurism was a revolution in cinema that left an indelible mark on the medium. One of its most notable…
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Like Its Leads, Wicked: For Good Is One Half Goodness, One Half Cloudy
Wicked was both a box office hit and a pleasant surprise for this reviewer last year, so the anticipated conclusion of the franchise is quite the curiosity. Can director Jon M. Chu stick the landing? Will stars Cynthia…
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