Time: A Heartbreaking Portrayal of Love Amidst Incarceration
Mass incarceration in the U.S. is often only discussed through the lens of numbers and facts, data that creates a […]
Notes from the 2020 Virginia Film Festival: Gather and Boys State
Like many festivals in 2020, the Virginia Film Festival, based in Charlottesville, adopted a blend of virtual and drive-in screenings […]
PFF 2020: ‘Jumbo’ Explores a Whirlwind Romance as You’ve Never Seen it Before
Jumbo (2020) is the story of a young woman who falls in love with a tilt-a-whirl, an undeniably weird but […]
NIGHTSTREAM 2020: ‘Bleed With Me’ is a Shining Example of Paranoia
CW: Self-harm, blood The protagonist of Amelia Moses’ Bleed With Me (2020), Rowan, is invited by her friend Emily and […]
LFF 2020: ‘On the Rocks’ is a Dreamy New York Treasure
After doubts of a potential disloyalty with respect to her husband, Dean (Marlon Wayans), his wife (Rashida Jones) is persuaded […]
LFF 2020: ‘One Night in Miami’ is an Inspiring Portrait of Four Black Icons
The year is 1964. A young Cassius Clay (Eli Goree) has just defeated world heavyweight champion Sonny Lister, and in […]
NIGHSTREAM 2020: ‘The Queen of Black Magic’ Oozes Blood and Brutality
CW: Blood, vomit, self-harm, general grossness In The Queen of Black Magic (original title Ratu Ilmu Hatam), the character of […]
LFF 2020: ‘Nomadland’ is a Soulful Tone Poem of Loss and Hope in the American West
Nomadland is the story of Fern (Frances McDormand), a widow in her early 60s who has lived almost her entire life […]
NIGHTSTREAM 2020: ‘Detention’ is a Tragic Historical Reckoning
While horror filmmakers often rely on the imagination to conjure up scares, some need look no further than human history […]
LFF 2020: ‘Possessor’ violently shows the battle for control of a fractured mind
Brandon Cronenberg’s Possessor is the story of an agent working for a deeply secretive organization that uses brain-implant technology to control other […]