This year’s Austin Film Festival had such a great line-up of feature films made by some of the most talented directors who have worked in cinema for the past several decades. As I was selecting my movies, I would see names like Darren Aronofsky, Rian Johnson and would instantly want to select those screenings. I… Continue reading Austin Film Festival 2022: WOMEN TALKNG
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Austin Film Festival 2022: THE WHALE
If anyone where to look at how actor Brendan Frasier appears in the poster of this movie, and the title, it is easy to think this film is simply an exercise in fat shaming. And I know for a fact that there are audiences and film critics who interpret the entire film as such. However,… Continue reading Austin Film Festival 2022: THE WHALE
Austin Film Festival 2022: THE WHALE
El largometraje, The Whale, tiene un protagonista masculino con sobrepeso y, para ser claros, no se lo menciona como una ballena en la película. Charlie (Brendan Fraser) es profesor a través de cursos en línea, escuchamos su voz, pero la audiencia no lo ve al comienzo de la película. Ha pasado por varios problemas de… Continue reading Austin Film Festival 2022: THE WHALE
Austin Film Festival 2022: NANNY
El debut de Nikyatu Jusu, Nanny, nos brinda la historia de una trabajadora doméstica que es contratada para cuidar la hija de una pareja aparentemente adinerada que trabaja fuera del hogar. Las trabajadoras del hogar son a menudo mujeres de color que dejan sus propios hogares para atender la vida hogareña de otras personas (aquellas… Continue reading Austin Film Festival 2022: NANNY
Austin Film Festival 2022: NANNY
An immigrant’s experience in America is just as unique as anyone’s life is anywhere. And that is the main takeaway I drew from watching this unique and sometimes bewildering film by writer/director Nikyatu Jusu. Jusu’s Nanny paints a portrait of a character struggling with her new life in America, working as a domestic, while clinging… Continue reading Austin Film Festival 2022: NANNY
Austin Film Festival 2022: GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY
For the closing night film of this year’s Austin Film Festival comes the excitedly-awaited sequel to Rian Johnson’s acclaimed murder mystery Knives Out. Well, as most people expect, sequels are not usually as good as the first movie that preceded them. And that is actually the case with Glass Onion. However, Rian Johnson has lots… Continue reading Austin Film Festival 2022: GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY
Austin Film Festival 2022: THE INSPECTION
Writer/director Elegance Bratton uses his first narrative feature film to tell his true story. Bratton, who had a rough life as a gay man raised by an ultra-conservative mother, found himself homeless and struggling to survive as a young adult. Totally lost and not knowing what to do with his life, he decides to enlist… Continue reading Austin Film Festival 2022: THE INSPECTION