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
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
OFFSEASON (2021) Starring Jocelin Donahue, Joe Swanberg, Melora Walters, Richard Brake, Jeremy Gardner, April Linscott, Jonathan Medina, Eliza Shin, Jess Varley, Andrew Vilar, Larry Fessenden, Amanda Grace Benitez, Andrew Varenhorst, Anthony Azar, Ken Luzadder and Michael Wheeldon. Screenplay by Mickey Keating. Directed by Mickey Keating. Distributed by Defiant Studios. 83 minutes. Not Rated. Screened at … Continue reading
THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD (2021) Starring Renate Reinsve, Anders Danielsen Lie, Maria Grazia Di Meo, Herbert Nordrum, Hans Olav Brenner, Lasse Gretland, Torgny Amdam, Sofia Schandy Bloch, Marianne Krogh, Rebekka Jynge, Helene Bjørnebye, Eia Skjønsberg, Vidar Sandem, Thea Stabell, Deniz Kaya, Savannah Marie Schei, Karla Nitteberg Aspelin, Anna Dworak, Nataniel Nordnes, Karen Røise … Continue reading
GAGARINE (2020) Starring Alséni Bathily, Lyna Khoudri, Jamil McCraven, Finnegan Oldfield, Farida Rahouadj, Denis Lavant, Cesar ‘Alex’ Ciurar, Rayane Hajmessaoud, Hassan Baaziz, Salim Balthazard. Elyes Boulaïche, Fabrice Brunet, Jacques Cissoko, Mamadou Cissoko, Hassoun Dembele, Jean ‘Charle’ Ehiman, Serge Ehiman, Mahamadou Fofana, Sullivan Heng and Houssam Houat. Screenplay by Fanny Liatard, Jérémy Trouilh and Benjamin Charbit. … Continue reading
THE ELECTRICAL LIFE OF LOUIS WAIN (2021) Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Claire Foy, Andrea Riseborough, Toby Jones, Jamie Demetriou, Aimee Lou Wood, Cassia McCarthy, Hayley Squires, Stacy Martin, Indica Watson, Julian Barratt, Sharon Rooney, Adeel Akhtar, Asim Chaudhry, Sophia Di Martino, Olivier Richters, Nick Cave, Taika Waititi, Richard Ayoade and the voice of Olivia Colman. Screenplay … Continue reading
STALLONE: FRANK, THAT IS… (2020) Featuring Frank Stallone, Sylvester Stallone, Jackie Stallone, Danny Aiello, Bruce Buffer, Richie Sambora, Billy Dee Williams, Christopher McDonald, Frankie Avalon, Billy Zane, Talia Shire, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Duff McKagan, Jennifer Flavin Stallone, Frankie Sullivan, Stephen Bauer, Joe Mantegna, Annette Rua, Greg Clinton, Mark Harlen, Mike Barford, Mike Bartosiewicz, Allen Avraham Rosenblum, … Continue reading
BLACK BEAR (2020) Starring Aubrey Plaza, Christopher Abbott, Sarah Gadon, Paola Lázaro, Grantham Coleman, Lindsay Burdge, Alexander Koch, Jennifer Kim, Shannon O’Neill and Lou Gonzalez. Screenplay by Lawrence Michael Levine. Directed by Lawrence Michael Levine. Distributed by Momentum Pictures. 104 minutes. Rated R. Screened from the 2020 Philadelphia Film Festival. I’m not sure what to … Continue reading
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