SXSW FILM FESTIVAL 2023 REVIEW! Chronicles of a Wandering Saint shares a perspective on life that resonates with everyone. Writer-director Tomas Gomez Bustillo tells his story in two parts. Within that framework, he captures a lightbulb moment about how our existence defines…
Read moreMore than any other show to come out this year, there is so much that is just plain ridiculous about Rabbit Hole. Starring Kiefer Sutherland, most known for his role in the series 24, the Paramount+ series tells an espionage…
Read moreWith the sixth episode of Star Trek: Picard’s third and final season, some of the biggest questions are finally answered. However, those answers create even more questions, which seem to hint at where the back half of the series is…
Read moreThis divisive discussion of race in America is alive and well. Yet, instead of fostering unity, the current discourse is hell-bent on broadening that gap. But there are still Americans who believe in healing, forgiveness, and redemption, as illustrated in…
Read moreA little over three months ago, Netflix released The Recruit, an action-thriller series starring Noah Centineo as a young employee at the CIA who gets in over his head when he's involuntarily thrust into an international conspiracy. Hitting the streamer…
Read moreSXSW FILM FESTIVAL 2023 REVIEW! Get set for a voyage through worlds unseen in directors Petter Ringbom and Marquise Stillwell’s The World Is Not My Own. The vast documentary is about visionary folk artist Nellie Mae Rowe and features sequences where…
Read moreThis show SWARM is a pretty raw and unfiltered kind of show. There’s a lot that happens in a little bit of time. As we’re introduced to Dre (Dominique Fishback)’’ we get to really dive into her personality. This young…
Read moreGrowing up is hard. Growing up with a mustache that started to grow out before hitting puberty is even harder. Add to the fact that Ilyas is a Pakistani American teen going to public school for the first time, and…
Read moreIn the opening of A Good Person, the third film written and directed by Zach Braff, we hear Morgan Freeman’s Daniel reading a quote as he looks out over his model train set and the town he’s built. The quote…
Read moreSXSW FILM FESTIVAL 2023 REVIEW! Directed by Agniia Galdanova, Queendom gets to the point quickly. Gena Marvin is a performance artist whose provocative works put her under constant scrutiny by the Russian government. In addition, her outlandish way of dressing…
Read moreWhile Zach Braff might be best known for his comedic acting roles, his filmmaking ventures, specifically the three he’s written and directed, have primarily dealt with serious family dramas and that specific genre. Of course, everyone knows his 2007 breakout…
Read moreRedemption, guilt, and grief are themes often explored in films. But they aren’t always handled effectively. A Good Person, written and directed by Zach Braff, leans into its themes and sits in them long enough so that its characters’ journeys…
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