Episodes
It gives us gleeful moments of guilty pleasure. But finding fun in the misfortunes of others is also an emotion that plays a crucial part in binding society together
Published 07/08/23
This is a modern updating of the classic, 'Picture of Dorian Grey.' As if the Oscar Wilde story was rewritten by sex & shopping book hack, Jackie Collins. There's nothing new here except for the setting, in a photo model environment instead of Victorian London.
Published 07/08/23
Since the Victorian era, 3D pictures have always been falling in and out of fashion. First, there were stereoscopes, then there were red-and-blue-lensed 3D glasses and View-Masters
Published 06/06/23
Just what were people like in their homes, away from the public eye? How different did they act when they were “alone”? In the 25 years since The Truman Show premiered in theaters, reality TV and social media have taken over a large swath of not only entertainment but of culture in general.
Published 06/06/23
She is a lifelong cinephile who is trying everything and telling you all about it. Find her work across YouTube and social media at The Blonde in Front.
Published 06/06/23
The House franchise is one of the weirdest film series ever concocted. The first film walked a delicate balance of scares and humor while House II jumped with both feet into comedy and House III swung the pendulum into full-fledged horror. When it came time to conclude the House franchise, where would The Repossession take viewers?
Published 06/06/23
Welcome to this column dedicated to my appreciation of physical media supplements called: Feature Presentations. The goal of this column is not to say whether a film is good or bad
Published 06/06/23
The other jarring aspect of the film comes from the director’s choice of film angles. In a typical movie, a director blocks scenes to perfect shots and get the most from their budget. Regarding All-American Murder, the finished product has more Dutch angles than Alfred Hitchcock’s complete filmography.
Published 06/06/23
Told via a series of encounters based on the challenging and outrageous things people have said to him or about him, Boakye, a Black, male English teacher who has had to teach problematic texts, recounts how it feels to be on the margins of the British education system.
Published 06/02/23
Perfect Days,” which world premiered in Competition at the Cannes Film Festival, is reminiscent – in some ways – of “Groundhog Day,” but whereas in the latter film Bill Murray’s character, Phil, is trying to escape the repetitive nature of his existence, in Wim Wenders’ film the protagonist, Hirayama, is “embracing it,” the German director tells Variety
Published 06/02/23
International sales house Totem Films has closed distribution deals in multiple territories for “Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry,” which had its world premiere in Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes. The company also closed a deal for France for another Directors’ Fortnight film, “A Song Sung Blue
Published 06/02/23
The Karlovy Vary Intl. Film Festival, Eastern and Central Europe’s leading cinema event, has unveiled its lineup, which includes new works by Pascal Plante, Stephan Komandarev, Tinatin Kajrishvili and Babak Jalali in the Crystal Globes Competition
Published 06/02/23
Arnold Schwarzenegger praised his “Expendables” co-star Bruce Willis as “a huge, huge star” and “a kind man” in a recent interview with CinemaBlend during the press tour for his Netflix action-comedy series “Fubar.” Schwarzenegger was asked to weigh in on Willis’ retirement from acting, which was announced last year as Willis’ family disclosed his aphasia diagnosis.
Published 06/02/23
Robert Englund starred in one of the most revered science fiction series of all time; he’s directed films; voiced video game characters; and acted in scores of movies and shows
Published 06/02/23
A year after collecting his second Palme d‘Or for “Triangle of Sadness,” Ruben Östlund bestowed the same honor to Justine Triet’s “Anatomy of a Fall,” a thought-provoking legal drama which purports to investigate the guilt or innocence of a popular novelist (Sandra Hüller),
Published 06/02/23
The plot centers on the Harper family. After a tragic loss, they’re spiraling downward. Despite being a successful psychiatrist, father Will is unable to help his troubled family out of the growing dark. Enter Lester, played quite well by David Dastmachlian, a disturbed man who leaves the evil orbiting him among the Harpers.
Published 05/26/23
In most so-called Rashomon type stories, even the film from which the term takes its name, the story doesn’t truly fit what most people mean by a “Rashomon tale” where the same events present entirely differently according to each character’s perspective.
Published 05/26/23
A vivid, affectionate and emotional family drama and coming of age story, Homecoming follows Kheididja (Aissatou Diallo Sagna), a middle-aged mother and her teenage daughters Jessica (Esther Gohourou) and Farah (Suzy Bemba) as they return to Corsica where the girls were born and to which they’ve not returned in 15 years since the death of their father.
Published 05/26/23
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly may not be the single most influential Western of the last five decades (that honour goes to A Fistful of Dollars), and it may not have the best villain (that honour goes to For a Few Dollars More), but it is the best picture in the Dollars Trilogy
Published 05/26/23
The son of Nigerian musical icon and political agitator Fela, who himself was serially detained by Nigerian military regimes, Kuti was “captured on video assaulting a police officer in uniform,” the police said.
Published 05/26/23
Pop structure is always happening in my songs,” said Hannah Jadagu, 20, whose debut album, “Aperture,” will be released on Friday. In a video chat from her dorm room at New York University, she added, “I love a good hook or a good chorus. I love a good banger. I love a pop hit.”
Published 05/26/23
Tim Omaji was another standout in the tricky role of Ike Turner. Portrayed as a cartoon villain in the 1993 biopic What’s Love Got To Do With It, the pioneer of rock’n’roll received a more nuanced treatment here. The production didn’t flinch from his violent, coercive control of Tina, but made some attempt to explain the racism and childhood trauma that marked him (although his diagnosis this century with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder wasn’t mentioned).
Published 05/26/23
THERE was a heavy police presence at the Ramgarhia Community Centre in Leicester Sunday morning as an unexplained fire alarm aborted the JamAfro music festival which featured Zimbabwean stars Alick Macheso, Sulumani Chimbetu Botswana’s Vee Mampeezy, South Africa’s Makhaadzi as well as Ugandan Winnie “Nakanwagi” Nwagi.
Published 05/26/23
The guy, whose name has been suppressed for legal reasons, was arrested after an investigation was launched in response to concerns voiced by members of his own family. When all three ladies began showing pregnancy symptoms at the same time, suspicions quickly grew and law enforcement was called in to investigate.
Published 05/26/23