With You Can Live Forever, writer/director duo Sarah Watts and Mark Slutsky craft a spellbinding film full of longing, faith, and drama. Growing up a queer teenager in a Jehovah’s Witness community, Watts described this film as, “The movie I always wanted to see as a teenager”. It’s clearly a film based off the impact […]
TRIBECA 2022 | CHERRY Shows The Importance and Impact of Choice
With her debut feature Cherry, writer/director Sophie Galibert proves once again why she has received a considerable amount of film festival acclaim. With a clearly pronounced style from the very opening of this film, Galibert takes a very topical dilemma women all around the world face and channel it into a film that is fun, […]
TRIBECA 2022 | FAMILY DINNER Is The Easter Vacation From Hell
A family get-together will always be a mixed bag, regardless of how tight-knit your family unit may be. The simple fact of the matter is, families can be a lot to handle. Now, this doesn’t always necessarily imply something inherently wrong, but if you ever found yourself at an Easter celebration akin to Peter Hengl’s […]
TRIBECA 2022 | FOUR SAMOSAS Is A Fun Heist Film With Earnest Heart
“It’s great! Even though it’s only very little”. Repeated more than once for comedic effect, it’s a motto that rings ever true for Ravi Kapoor’s latest film, Four Samosas, which is celebrating its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival. Clocking in at a tight 80 minutes and bursting with rambunctious energy, it’s the type […]
TRIBECA 2022 | THE INTEGRITY OF JOSEPH CHAMBERS Is A Thrilling, Effective Tale of Morality
Celebrating its world premiere at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival in the U.S. Narrative Competition, The Integrity of Joseph Chambers is a deeply arresting character piece. With a deeply anxiety-inducing dilemma that strips its titular character down to his very core, this film from writer/director Robert Machoian is a mesmerizing nightmare come to life. Set […]
MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO: Beautifully Tragic In Every Way
In Gus van Sant’s seminal classic from 1991, My Own Private Idaho, a young Keanu Reeves and River Phoenix are searching for truth, even if they have to lie, cheat, and steal their way to get there at times. What perhaps may be one of the greatest road trip films ever made, the duo do […]