An actress, a business mogul, and a platinum-selling musician alongside her mechanic boyfriend arrive at a cabin in the woods for a three day therapy session. This isn’t the setup to a joke, but the basic premise of Mark Meir’s The Summoned, which celebrated its world premiere at the 2022 Overlook Film Festival. In reality, […]
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DREAMING WALLS: INSIDE THE CHELSEA HOTEL Highlights The Importance of Creativity Against Adversity
One of the most storied buildings in New York, a New York City landmark, and a historic home to countless authors, artists, and creatives of all fields: the Chelsea Hotel. The stories and events that occurred here are incredibly well-documented, although one can imagine the unknown tales are far beyond our imaginations. With Dreaming Walls: […]
MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON Is Everything The World Needs In A Movie
Marcel The Shell With Shoes On is likely is the next great comfort film. Beginning as a comedic digital short in 2010, director Dean Fleischer Camp and writer/actress Jenny Slate’s anthropomorphic shell took the world by storm. It’s been quite some time since audiences have last seen Marcel, but it’s made clear from the very […]
TRIBECA 2022 | THREE HEADED BEAST Tackles The Importance of Open Communication
The brilliance of Three Headed Beast will fully reveal its brilliance at varying points in time to different audience members. But make no mistake, one way or another, this film will announce its presence to a room in a way that has nearly left me speechless. This film extends itself far beyond a great debut, […]
TRIBECA 2022 | VENGEANCE Is B.J. Novak Tackling Every Facet of Online Culture
B.J. Novak has always been known for his sharp writing. As one of the original writers on The Office, his all-time role as Ryan Howard needs no further introduction. After creating his own show The Premise, writing a New York Times best-selling children’s book (The Book with No Pictures) and directing a handful of television […]
TRIBECA 2022 | YOU CAN LIVE FOREVER Is A Spellbinding Story Of Love and Faith
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 […]