In Feature Film, South Korean director Hong Sang-soo explores his creative process, fraught with doubt and uncertainty, through the titular novelist who seems unable to write but wants to make films. Novelist Junhee (Lee Hae-jung) who travels outside Seoul to visit an old classmate (Seo Yong-hwa) who has also given up writing and now runs … Read more
© Heather Khalifa/Philadelphia Enquirer/TNS Newly signed DT Linval Joseph (72) practices Thursday, November 17, 2022 at the Novacare campus in Philadelphia. Linval Joseph knows that being the big man in defense means he has fewer opportunities to eat. But it’s a role the nose tackle veteran has long embraced. “My job is to break the … Read more
Going Number One: My Movie Life and Other Entertainment by Steve Martin with Harry Bliss (Celadon): Between the covers of this amazingly accurate memorabilia are comic strips drawn from the life of comedian Steve Martin, drawn by cartoonist Harry Bliss. The book is fun and innocent, but ultimately unsatisfying. It’s a compelling concept: Martin had … Read more
The end comes from the beginning: fast, expected, wonderful. King T’Challa, the black panther of Wakanda, is terminally ill, and his brilliant scientist, Shuri’s sister (the powerful Letitia Wright), are working desperately to find a cure. The clock is ticking and the cameras are racing, but as you’d expect, there’s no suspense in the suspense; … Read more
The other day my friends and I went to see a new horror movie . I was nervous going into the cinema because although I love cinema, I usually don’t like horror movies. The last thing my wild imagination needs is something tangible to work with, so I don’t like this genre very often. However, … Read more
Aftersun has been on my mind since it premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May. Now when there is no good reason to check out the zine. It’s the best film of the year for a first-time screenwriter and director. Scotland’s debutant is 35-year-old Charlotte Wells, and her debut is cause for celebration. Don’t … Read more
Nocebo , 2022 Directed by Lorcan Finnegan. With Eva Green, Mark Strong, Chai Fonacier, Katie Belton and Billy Gadsdon. SYNTAX . A fashion designer suffers from a mysterious illness that confuses her doctors and frustrates her husband until help arrives from a Filipino caregiver using traditional home remedies to uncover the horrible truth. At the … Read more
Director: Jack Kroeger. Actors: Georgina Campbell, Bill Skarsgård, Justin Long. 18,107 min. Every opportunity in life is actually a risk. For women, any danger is a potential threat. The violent horror film subtly exploits this tension before becoming a chaotic monster movie that constantly raises viewers' expectations. Tess Marshall (Georgina Campbell) arrives in Detroit for … Read more
© TIF There are many dark dramas out there that depict trauma without proper upbringing. Plagued by anti-black stereotypes, these big-budget narratives are often celebrated by the film elite, while independent films (which are usually ten times better) are discarded and forgotten. Based on the novel by David Chariandi and premiered at the Toronto Film … Read more
"A bad plan is better than no plan." It's an in-joke that pops up at various points during Black Man , and while it's meant to be a pointless commentary on the assignment, on its second iteration it starts to sound like an apology to the film itself and its story. A mixture. The problem … Read more