BECOMING NOBODY (2019) Featuring Ram Dass. Directed by Jamie Catto. Distributed by Love Serve Remember Films. 81 minutes. Not Rated. “When you take off your mask, it’s easier for everybody else to take off theirs.” As a philosopher and spiritual teacher, Ram Dass knows a lot about masks. Even his persona is a bit of … Continue reading
BREAKTHROUGH (2019) Starring Chrissy Metz, Josh Lucas, Topher Grace, Marcel Ruiz, Dennis Haysbert, Sam Trammell, Mike Colter, Rebecca Staab, Ali Skovbye, Victor Zinck Jr., Lisa Disrupt, Nancy Sorel, Isaac Kragten, Stephanie Czajkowski, Chuck Shamata, Kristen Harris, Maddy Martin, Nikolas Dukic, Taylor Mosby, Stephanie Sy, Callie Lane, Logan Creran and Kate Yacula. Screenplay by Grant Nieporte. … Continue reading
RED COW (PARA ADUMA) (2018) Starring Avigayil Kovary, Gal Toren, Moran Rosenblat, Dana Sorin, Yael Mor, Shira Blitz, Amit Braverman, Yehuda Schlisser, Maya Gasner, Eli Furmano, Yagel Tamir, Maayen Gottshalk, Elad Samocha, Eli Haviv, Uri Hochman, Avi Mazliah and Tal Nitzan. Screenplay by Tsivia Barkai Yacov. Directed by Tsivia Barkai Yacov. Distributed by Menemsha Films. … Continue reading
THE LAST (2019) Starring Rebecca Schull, Jill Durso, AJ Cedeno, Reed Birney, Julie Fain Lawrence, Sami Bray, Jagger Nelson, Russell Koplin, Ariel Eliaz, Cara Yeates, David E. Gottfried, Madelyn Barkocy, Amir Royale, Brandon Damiano, Jacob Goodhart, Josh Lerner, Adam Naimoli, Shannon Tyo, Haskiri Velazquez, Grace Woosley, Carolyn Baeumler, Jerry Matz, Elaine Bromka and Nimo Gandhi. … Continue reading
Rebecca Schull and Jeff Lipsky Saving the Best for The Last by Jay S. Jacobs What would you do? That is the main question in the new independent film The Last, a movie that has a shocking and inflammatory subject matter but looks at it from a smart and philosophical viewpoint. What would you do … Continue reading
Joel Edgerton Rewriting Boy Erased By Jay S. Jacobs This seems to be a fertile time for actors to take a more hands-on approach to filmmaking and write and direct their own films. Take Joel Edgerton. The Australian-born actor has been slowly-but-surely building a big name in the States with roles in such films as … Continue reading
Neil Meron and Marc Platt Resurrecting Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert by Jay S. Jacobs In 1970, a pair of fairly unknown composers named Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice released a concept album called Jesus Christ Superstar, a rock opera about the life of Christ looking through a (then-) modern prism. The record was … Continue reading
