Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
The most recent film adaptation of playwright August Wilson's work was 2016's Fences. Helmed by and starring Denzel Washington, the adaptation was a major critical success and awarded Viola Davis [...]
Martin Eden
Centering on one man's artistry and quest to making a career out of writing, played with charisma, rawness, and endless intensity by Italian actor Luca Marinelli, "Martin Eden," an Italian [...]
Another Round
"Another Round" offers a unique glimpse into the world of alcoholism that is rarely shown on film. It's a character driven film that gives a glimpse into one man's journey [...]
Minari
Lee Isaac Chung's "Minari" clutches you from the very start, with stunning landscape shots and inserts of nature that instantly draws comparisons and influences from Terrence Malick where humans realize [...]
Let Them All Talk
Acclaimed and renowned filmmaker Steven Soderbergh has always been one of the most versatile filmmakers working today, a filmmaker that bounces back and forth between studio projects to smaller indie [...]
Fourteen
"Fourteen" is a passage of time film that chronicles the stories of a pair of best friends living in New York City who struggle through their friendship, relationships, and all [...]
I’m Your Woman
Julia Hart, the emerging indie filmmaker of "Miss Stevens" and "The Keeping Room" crafts her most mainstream movie to date with "I'm Your Woman," a taut crime thriller that blends [...]
The Prom
Firmly riding the line between annoyance and infectiousness is Producer-extraordinaire Ryan Murphy's film adaptation of the Broadway musical, The Prom. Murphy, directing his first feature since his 2014 HBO film [...]
Black Bear
Lawrence Michael Levine is a part of the second generation of mumblecore filmmakers. Mumblecore is a “genre” of film in a way, but more so was a group of filmmakers [...]
Sound of Metal
While having made its initial premiere at last year's Toronto International Film Festival, Sound of Metal, the feature length debut from filmmaker Darius Marder, is almost eerily timely for 2020. [...]