Rebecca Hall, Tessa Thompson, Ruth Negga & André Holland Veteran Actor’s Directorial Debut Passing Explores the Lives of Two Mixed-Race Women in 1920s New York by Brad Balfour As the film Passing opens, two childhood friends run into each other while “passing” as white women shopping in midtown Manhattan. Both are living in middle class … Continue reading
MAYOR PETE (2021) Featuring Pete Buttigieg and Chasten Buttigieg. Written by Amanda McBaine, Jesse Moss, Jeff Gilbert. Directed by Jesse Moss. Distributed by Amazon Studios. 96 minutes. Rated R. Screened at the 2021 Philadelphia Film Festival. Pete Buttigieg came from out of nowhere (well, South Bend, Indiana) to briefly (for the eight days between the … Continue reading
LISTENING TO KENNY G (2021) Featuring Kenny G, Clive Davis, James Gardiner, Ben Ratliff and Will Layman. Directed by Penny Lane. Distributed by HBO. 96 minutes. Not Rated. Screened at the 2021 Philadelphia Film Festival. It must be kind of a weird to be Kenny G. He is a man who has worked hard at … Continue reading
BAD LUCK BANGING OR LOONY PORN (2021) Starring Katia Pascariu, Claudia Ieremia, Olimpia Mălai, Nicodim Ungureanu, Alexandru Potocean, Andi Vasluianu, Ion Dichiseanu, Oana Maria Zaharia, Gabriel Spahiu, Florin Petrescu, Stefan Steel, Alex Bogdan, Kristina Cepraga, Ana Ciontea, Cristina Draghici, Paul Dunca, Adrian Enache, Luminita Erga, Tudorel Filimon and Alexandru Georgescu. Screenplay by Radu Jude. Directed … Continue reading
Kevin Smith A Chat with Silent Bob By Jay S. Jacobs It’s been a long, winding road since the Quick Stop. In the early 1990s, Kevin Smith was a film school dropout, living in his native New Jersey and working part time at downtrodden convenience store in a little local strip mall. Little did he … Continue reading
LAST NIGHT IN SOHO (2021) Starring Thomasin McKenzie, Anya Taylor-Joy, Matt Smith, Terence Stamp, Michael Ajao, Diana Rigg, Rita Tushingham, Jessie Mei Li, Synnøve Karlsen, Margaret Nolan, Lisa McGrillis, James Phelps, Oliver Phelps, Elizabeth Berrington, Rebecca Harrod, Pauline McLynn, Beth Singh, Alan Mahon, Paul Brightwell, Jacqui-Lee Pryce, Al Roberts and Terence Frisch. Screenplay by Edgar … Continue reading
MY HERO ACADEMIA: WORLD HEROES MISSION (2021) Featuring the voices of Justin Briner, Clifford Chapin, David Matranga, Patrick Seitz, Zeno Robinson, Josh Grelle, Ryan Colt Levy, Cristina Vee, Sarah Roach, Robbie Daymond, Michelle Rojas, D.C. Douglas, Mike Haimoto, Marcus D. Stimac, Jason Douglas, Brent Mukai, Frank Todaro, Justin Cook, Trina Nishimura, David Wald, Aaron Dismuke … Continue reading
JULIA (2021) Featuring Alex Prud’Homme, Barbara Fairchild, Susie Davidson, Sara Moulton, Pat Pratt, Dorothy Zinburg, José Andrés, Ina Garten, Marcus Samuelsson, Phila Cousins, Stephanie Hersh, Anne Willan, Jane Friedman, Ruth Reichl, Danièle Delpeuch, Franςois Simon, André Cointreau, Jean-Franςois Thibault, Paul Bogaards, Russ Morash, Alex Pirie, Jacques Pépin, Marian Morash, Cecile Richards, Charlie Gibson and archival … Continue reading
Hallee Adelman Turning the Camera on Our American Family By Jay S. Jacobs Drug addiction has been ripping families apart for generations. Particularly in the modern world, where the opioid epidemic has led to destroyed lives and ravaged families. One such family is the Caltabiano clan of Philadelphia. The new documentary Our American Family takes … Continue reading
MASS (2021) Starring Reed Birney, Ann Dowd, Jason Isaacs, Martha Plimpton, Breeda Wool, Kagen Albright, Michelle N. Carter and Campbell Spoor. Screenplay by Fran Kranz. Directed by Fran Kranz. Distributed by Bleecker Street. 110 minutes. Rated PG-13. Screened at the 2021 Philadelphia Film Festival. In college, I had a fiction professor who said that the … Continue reading
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