In short, The Irishman, with its combined efforts of genius artists, reflects like a unique gemstone faceted to strike in directed light the most stunning, unique colors. Look for its glorious release on Netflix in November.
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Fantastic Fest Exclusive Interview: Director of ‘Wyrm’ Moves From Short to Feature
Films at Fantastic Fest tend to be surprises. Wyrm, by first time feature filmmaker Christopher Winterbauer, delivers its share of the unexpected. Austin’s Fantastic Fest, the largest genre film festival in the US, features horror, fantasy, sci-fi, action and just plain unusual films. In prior years it hosted the …
Read More »57th New York Film Festival Movie Review: ‘The Traitor’
In this time of whistleblowers comes 'The Traitor,' Marco Bellocchio's fascinating true story of mafia turncoat Tommaso Buscetta in 20th century Sicily.
Read More »Fantastic Fest Film Review: ‘Jojo Rabbit’ Provides Kid’s-Eye-View of WWII and Taika Waititi
'Jojo Rabbit' is 'Harvey' meets 'Diary of Anne Frank'. Ten-year-old Jojo, instead of having a giant rabbit as an imaginary friend, has Adolf Hitler.
Read More »Fantastic Fest Film Review: Stephen King’s “In the Tall Grass”
You see a car going down a highway through fields of high grass. On the radio, Sam Cooke is singing “It’s All Right”. That’s the last pleasant sound you hear till the end of In the Tall Grass. The rest of the sounds you hear for the next ninety minutes …
Read More »Movie Review: ‘Atlantics’ at the 57th New York Film Festival
A terrific film in all respects, Mati Diop’s 'Atlantics' is a hybrid mystery, horror, and magical realism love story that won the Grand Prix at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival.
Read More »Anthem Film Festival Review: ‘Miracle in East Texas’ with Kevin Sorbo, John Ratzenberger
Two Depression-era con men are forced to dig deep and reconsider who they are when their go-to scheme has unexpected, miracle-like results.
Read More »Anthem Film Review: Libertarians are Funny – Here’s Proof
Libertarians are funny. No, not that way. They have a great funny bone as evidenced by the comedies at this year's Anthem Film Festival.
Read More »San Antonio Film Festival Review: Alex Wolff’s ‘The Cat and the Moon’ – U.S. Premiere
Alex Wolff ('Hereditary') makes his feature debut as writer and director of an assured film about a troubled teen.
Read More »Anthem Film Festival Review: ‘The Fight of Our Lives’ Posits Collapse of Western Civilization
This exemplary documentary argues that Western civilization must fight for its existence or face collapsing, possibly very soon.
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