Joe Haladin: The Case Of The Missing Sister

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Joe Haladin: The Case Of The Missing Sister

Joe Haladin: The Case Of The Missing Sister is a sequel to His Stretch Of Texas Ground, though the title character is recast, and the filmmaker behind the first one, Ralph Cinque, only writes this entry. Jody Stelzig steps in…

Mexican Director Lila Avilés Stuns With A Soul-Nourishing Microcosm Built On Profound Love In The Face Of Grief [Berlin]

With her feature debut, “The Chambermaid,” Mexican writer-director Lila Avilés materialized a graceful character study of a hardworking mother. Though enriched via the meaningful interjections of its supporting players, the narrative had a singular focus. For her follow-up, “Tótem,” Avilés…

Banks’ Bold Feature Debut Is Captivating [Sundance]

Home Movie Reviews Young. Wild. Free. Review: Banks’ Bold Feature Debut Is Captivating [Sundance] Packed with humor and great chemistry among the leads, Young. Wild. Free. lives up to its name, seducing its viewers into its wild ride. Emmy-nominated…

The Famous Folk Singer Bids Farewell [Berlin]

There’s a pretty traditional formula that most music documentaries follow. They’ll often center around a standard birth to mainstream success overview, populated with talking heads and contemporaries to contextualize the music, politics, and social scenes. Add in some extended concert…

Rolf de Heer Explores Racism

While Rolf de Heer has a prolific career comprising dozens of movies from diverse genres, the filmmaker is mostly known and awarded for his unique exploration of the aboriginal perspective of Australian history. With The Tracker, Ten Canoes, and Charlie's…

Lost (2023): A Thriller Which May Be Lost In The Bollywood Diaries

When someone disappears, everything gets infused with that person’s presence. Every single object becomes a reminder of absence, as if absence were more important than presence. Trending on the online subscription video-streaming platform, ZEE5, “Lost” is a mystery-thriller which has…

Cactus Boy | Film Threat

Writer-director Chris Brake’s Cactus Boy is a powerful little film. Not only is it a rumination on adolescence but also a delicate ode to the idiosyncrasies of memory, personality, and friendship. At just seconds over 17 minutes, the filmmaker weaves a lot…

Vasilis Katsoupis’ Heist Thriller With Willem Dafoe Is Formulaic Yet Never Dull [Berlin]

Director Vasilis Katsoupis tells the audience exactly what “Inside” is about to do from its very first scene. The disembodied voice of Willem Dafoe narrates a childhood fable fished from the depths of memory. The story, a seemingly simple school…

Anne Hathaway Is Alluring In Oldroyd’s Underbaked Drama [Sundance]

Home Movie Reviews Eileen Review: Anne Hathaway Is Alluring In Oldroyd's Underbaked Drama [Sundance] Eileen boasts magnetic performances from Thomasin McKenzie & Anne Hathaway. But for all its intrigue & setup, the film’s final act isn’t fully earned. Anne Hathaway…

Gripping Drama Explores Family Amidst Refugee Crisis

While war, famine, and political persecution have been part of our life since the dawn of society, for the last decade, we’ve been experiencing a new refugee crisis, as recent conflicts in the Middle East bring thousands of people to…

UnMASKing HOPE | Film Threat

When life throws its worst at you and things change drastically, in all the wrong ways, know you are not alone. But know that there is hope. This is the overarching message behind writer-director Eric Christiansen’s motivational documentary, UnMASKing HOPE. The…

‘Ingeborg Bachman – Journey Into The Desert’ Review: Vicky Krieps’s Sensational Performance Leads Period Piece About Art, Love, And Suspicion [Berlin]

From “Rosa Luxemburg” in 1986 to 2012’s “Hannah Arendt,” the films of Margarethe Von Trotta, an icon of the New German cinema, have put strong female protagonists center-stage in renditions of German history. For her latest, Von Trotta paints a…

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