Source: Breaking Glass Pictures INHERITANCE is the tale of a young woman who learns her estranged father has died and returns with her brother and new lover to her childhood home of Belize. There, she must face her past while fighting for intimacy in her present. A Vinterberg-esque drama from writing/directing duo Laura E. Davis… Continue reading Movie Trailer: INHERITANCE
Category: Festivals
Spanish Review: BABY DRIVER
No se pierda la película del cineasta Edgar Wright, “Baby Driver” Por Liz López Rating: A+ Durante el Festival de cine del SXSW n Austin este marzo pasado, yo ví una variedad de películas, pero con toda seguridad digo que el largometraje, “Baby Driver” por el escritor/director Edgar Wright es mí cinta favorita. Me gusta… Continue reading Spanish Review: BABY DRIVER
SXSW 2017 Review: PARIS CAN WAIT
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3 (Out of 4 Stars) Filmmaker Eleanor Coppola has spent much of her life and career working behind the scenes with filmmaker family members Frances Ford Coppola (husband), Sofia Coppola (daughter), and Roman Coppola (son). She has served as her family’s historian/documentarian capturing the process of making movies through both photographs… Continue reading SXSW 2017 Review: PARIS CAN WAIT
SXSW 2017 News: Feature and Documentary Films Head on to the Oak Cliff Film Festival
By Liz Lopez The Oak Cliff Film Festival (OCFF) recently announced the Features programming to be held at the historic Texas Theatre and venues around the Oak Cliff neighborhood of Dallas, TX from June 8th – 11th. Aside from the Texas premieres of David Lowery’s “A Ghost Story” and Alejandro Jodorowsky’s “Endless Poetry”, I was… Continue reading SXSW 2017 News: Feature and Documentary Films Head on to the Oak Cliff Film Festival
SXSW 2017 Review: PARIS CAN WAIT
By Liz Lopez Rating: B- “Paris Can Wait” was a spotlight in the Narrative Feature Screening Category of this year’s SXSW Film Festival where Director Eleanor Coppola attended the U. S. premiere of her narrative directorial and screenwriting debut. The best way to describe the film is a romance, with light doses of comedy and… Continue reading SXSW 2017 Review: PARIS CAN WAIT
Review: ALIEN: COVENANT (SXSW 2017)
By Laurie Coker Rating: D I often wonder about the “critics” opinions versus my opinion. I am after all a professional film critic myself, but when I look at critic ratings of films and I find that often I sit on the polar opposite side of popular opinion. I can’t help but think – “whaaaaaaaaaaat?”… Continue reading Review: ALIEN: COVENANT (SXSW 2017)
Movie Trailer: THE BIG SICK
Sources: Lionsgate, Amazon Studios Based on the real-life courtship between Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon, THE BIG SICK tells the story of Pakistan-born aspiring comedian Kumail (Nanjiani), who connects with grad student Emily (Zoe Kazan) after one of his standup sets. However, what they thought would be just a one-night stand blossoms into the real thing, which complicates the life that is expected… Continue reading Movie Trailer: THE BIG SICK
SXSW 2017 Review: FITS AND STARTS
By Laurie Coker Rating: B Having enjoyed Sally Fields’ quirky little comedy, Hello My Name is Doris, seeing another film by writer/director Laura Terruso seemed a good option at SXSW this year. Indie films make for some of the best and yes, sometimes, the worst of the festival. Fits and Starts follows a struggling novelist… Continue reading SXSW 2017 Review: FITS AND STARTS
SXSW 2017 Review: RAMBLIN’ FREAK
By Jan Hamilton Parker Smith is a young filmmaker who lives in Austin. In this documentary film, he goes online to locate an inexpensive used movie camera for his projects. What he buys is a barely used camera with a tape still in it. When he plays the tape he finds connections to his life,… Continue reading SXSW 2017 Review: RAMBLIN’ FREAK
SXSW 2017 Review: LEMON
By Jan Hamilton Brett Gelman stars as a middle aged actor who teaches a drama class, while seeking acting jobs, in this mostly funny film. Isaac is a humorless man whose life is all suddenly going wrong. Ramona, his blind girlfriend of ten years, seems to be losing interest, and his career is lagging. His Jewish… Continue reading SXSW 2017 Review: LEMON