- Coming Attractions, Documentary Film Review, entertainment, Film Festivals, Film Reviews, Sundance Film Festival
For Sama is Love Letter Doc to Humanity
Director Waad al-Kateab and her husband Hamza al-Kateab know this reality all too well, as this was their reality while the Russians bombed their beloved town of Aleppo in Syria.…
Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman Hits a Nerve and Spotlights Racism
The Civil Rights movement is known for struggle, protesting, Angela Davis, great soul music and the ongoing underground existence of the Klu Klux Klan. As a college student in Columbia,…
Joaquin Phoenix Plays Troubled Hit Man in You Were Never Really Here
Say what you want about Joaquin Phoenix, but the boy can act his buns off. In the new psychological thriller You Were Never Really Here, Phoenix is a former soldier…
Sophia Coppola Makes History at 70th Annual Cannes Film Festival Winners
Oscar-winner Sofia Coppola made Cannes Film Festival history becoming the second woman in the event’s 70-year history to win best director for her Focus Features release The Beguiled. Previously, Soviet director…
BLACK GIRL
In 2015, Cannes Film Festival screened and re-released a digitally restored version of Ousmane Sembene’s first feature film from 1966 – Black Girl. Black Girls single-handedly opened the way for…
Review: Life Itself
Growing up in St. Louis, my Mother, brother and I would watch Siskel and Ebert eagerly awaiting to see which films would get the “thumbs up” or “thumbs down”. What…
2014 Cannes Film Festival re-Cap
The 67th Annual Cannes Film Festival began on May 14th and has already started to garner some Oscar buzz for a few select films and its stars. Here is a…
