2023
If there was one theme running through the 2023 New African Film Festival, it was that of an increasingly desolate economic landscape.
While Summoning Sylvia does drag on occasion, it still delivers a very fun and funny ride from beginning to end.
Everyone involved displays an appreciation to be on the screen telling this wacky, poignant, and compelling story, making this a total recommendation.
Hulu’s Boston Strangler, starring Keira Knightley and Carrie Coon, is the best serial killer–journalism movie since Zodiac.
Whether you’ve read it or not doesn’t matter anyway; the film is about the woman, not her novel- and Emily is a bold introduction to the writer.
“Please Baby Please,” a MUBI release, is as campy as it is difficult, though Andrea Riseborough leans into the movie’s energy.
Pay or Die chronicles the battle to improve insulin costs and the healthcare system, capturing the grief of those lost but also showing hope and resilience.
SXSW 2023 delivers three short films directed by women that examine female, Gen Z/millennial characters struggling to be seen and understood.
The Magician’s Elephant is heartwarming and pure, and while predictable to a fault, it is a film the whole family will enjoy.
The perfect sequel to a requel, Scream VI is love letter to horror, to a franchise and to its fans, proving that not all stories are dead.
Peak Season is no reinvention of the wheel here, but there are things to recommend.
In this report, I talk about three documentaries. While they differ in subject matter, they each resemble some stage of a quest for a dream.
Join or Die proves itself vital and relevant, a necessary documentary that promises the conversation will continue long after the credits have rolled.
With the cast all giving fun performances and the visual effect creativity dialed up to eleven, you can’t help but cheer and clap.
