Year: 2023 Runtime: 141 minutes Director: Louis Leterrier Writers: Dan Mazeau, Justin Lin, Gary Scott Thompson Actors: Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, Jason Statham, Jordana Brewster, Rita Moreno, Ludacris, Tyrese Gibson, Charlize Theron, John Cena, Sung Han, Helen Mirren, Brie Larson, Scott Eastwood, Jason Momoa, Alan Ritchson By Rosa Parra “Fast X” (2023) is the tenth installment of the “Fast and the Furious” franchise, directed by … Continue reading Review: Fast X
For mental health awareness week, Calum Cooper discusses RWBY: Volume 9 and the arc of self-acceptance that defines the central character of Ruby Rose. Continue reading Mental Health Awareness Week: How RWBY Volume 9 Explores Trauma and Self-Acceptance
By Joan Amenn With “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” coming to an end, it’s appropriate to take a look back at the inspirations for the title character by highlighting some very funny women. The first would have to be Rose Marie, who unlike Midge, could sing as well as crack one-liners. As a matter of fact, she started singing at age three and never stopped. Like … Continue reading Funny Women: Rose Marie
Year: 2023 Runtime: 85 minutes Director: Maite Alberdi Writer: Maite Alberdi By Rosa Parra “The Eternal Memory,” directed by Maite Alberdi, follows a married couple who endure the hardships of caring for one suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. Augusto Gongora once was one of Chile’s most prevalent news commentators and an important contributor reporting on the dictatorship of Pinochet and its fall. Paulina Urrutia is an … Continue reading Review: The Eternal Memory
By Morgan Roberts This is part personal, part film dissection. Do you remember the first time you saw a film from your favorite filmmaker? Do you remember the wonder? The awe? The vibrating magic that seared through your soul as a creative paradigm shift happened to you? I remember mine. I was in my last year or so of undergrad. I was attending school … Continue reading On Lynn Shelton, Messy 30-Somethings, and the Beauty of Complexity
I absolutely loved this sequel. The action is epic. The story is thrilling and emotionally moving. Continue reading Review: Shazam! Fury of the Gods
Year: 2023 Runtime: 80 minutes Director: Dan Covert Writers: Amy Dempsey, Dan Covert, Erik Auli, Tara Rose Stromberg By Joan Amenn Nominated for a Grand Jury Award at this year’s SXSW, “Geoff McFetridge: Drawing a Life” is an intriguing look at an artist who has managed to create ubiquitous images and yet, remain relatively unknown. Geoff McFetridge’s work can be seen everywhere from movie titles … Continue reading Geoff McFetridge: Drawing a Life: SXSW 2023 Review
Year: 2023 Runtime: 88 Minutes Directed by Heba Khaled, Talal Derki, Ali Wajeeh By Sarah Manvel Sometimes the purpose of a documentary is to shine a light on a part of the world most people will never see. Sometimes the purpose is to provide a voice to people who feel they have no voice of their own (which is nonsense of course, we all have … Continue reading Under the Sky of Damascus: Berlinale 2023 Review
By Tom Moore and Valerie Kalfrin This coming March is not only special for International Women’s Day being on March 8th, but also for the robust lineup of female-directed films releasing during the month. It’s probably the biggest offering of films directed by women we’ve seen and there are a whole bunch of films hitting streaming, theaters, and VOD that are worth checking out. From … Continue reading The Lineup: Films We’re Eyeing in March
Year: 2021 Runtime: 107 minutes Director/Writer: Rodrigo de Oliveira Actors: Johnny Massaro, Renata Carvalho, Victor Camilo, Clara Choveaux, Alex Bonin By Joan Amenn It has been decades since the AIDS crisis first began to claim its victims in an ever growing wave of horror and despair. “The First Fallen” (2021) tells the story of this terrifying time from the perspective of the LGBTQ+ community in … Continue reading Review: The First Fallen
In Their Own League 