In the famously content Buddhist country, a government inspector interviews citizens to measure their wellbeing in a gently humorous film that doesn’t avoid dark themes
Touch (2024) Film Review, a movie directed by Baltasar Kormákur, written by Olaf Olafsson and Baltasar Kormákur and starring Egill Ólafsson, Kôki, Palmi Kormákur, Masahiro Motoki, Yôko Narahashi, Ruth Sheen, Meg Kubota, Tatsuya Tagawa,…
“Sing Sing” opened in limited release on July 12 after making the rounds on the film festival circuit, starting last fall at the Toronto International Film Festival. One of the year’s early Oscar contenders for Best Picture, it tells the…
‘At the edge of the universe lies mystery and imagination.’ Ghost Planet is a 2024 sci-fi film about a group of astronauts who venture to a mysterious planet to claim …
Ricoh has experienced much success in the compact digital camera market with its GR series. Drawing on a lengthy heritage of its GR 35mm film cameras, the latest digital version is the popular GR III, and within that, is the GR III HDF.
Gary Huswit’s suitably innovative profile of the mercurial British musician, activist and artist uses specially developed software to create endless iterations of the same film
‘An experiment of terror! A result of horror!’ Creature of the Walking Dead is a 1965 horror film about a mad scientist who discovers the secret of eternal youth by …
Sing Sing (2023) Film Review, a movie directed by Greg Kwedar, written by John H. Richardson, Brent Buell and Clint Bentley and starring Colman Domingo, Clarence Maclin, Sean San Jose, Paul Raci, James Williams, Sean Dino Johnson, Brent…
When documentary filmmaker Penny Lane decided to donate a kidney to a stranger, the dramatic crux of her new film “Confessions of a Good Samaritan,” it inevitably raises the question of what came first: the movie idea or the altruistic act…
The world of The Imaginary is as lush and enchanting as you’d expect if you’re familiar with the artists behind the onscreen magic. It’s the second feature film from Studio Ponoc, an animation house led by Studio Ghibli alums. And much…
The Spanish Chainsaw Massacre is a 2013 comedy horror film about a heavy metal band stuck in a small town of flesh-eating maniacs. The original title was Carnivoros “Carnivores”. The movie was …
The action-packed trailer for Paramount’s Gladiator II has racked up 215 million global cross-platform views in just a few days and suggests Ridley Scott might have pulled off his long-awaited sequel to his Oscar-winning 2000 epic. The new…
‘The gateway to darkness’ Door in the Woods is a 2019 paranormal horror film about a small town family that find an abandoned door in the woods. Is this just …
The Serena Variations: Review. By Christopher Patterson. A Display of Talent Deeply Hidden Behind It’s Wasted Runtime and Execution I recently had the chance to see a short called The Serena Variations. It is quite an artistic short. I…
It was an Audience Award nominee at the South by Southwest Film Festival back in March. This Friday, the IFC indie music drama “Dandelion” opens in select theaters in the D.C. area.
Unlike many movies that follow a young artist’s career, we never see the titular character “make it” in Dandelion. That may seem like a spoiler, but that’s not the point of independent filmmaker Nicole Riegel’s latest work. With grounded…