Farmer. Father. Monarch? “The King of North Sudan” chronicles one Virginia man’s brash quest to turn a desolate patch of African desert into his very own country – and get unspeakably rich in the process.
2021 Newport Beach Film Festival Review: Tough Doesn’t Begin To Describe The Courage Of A Young Native American Woman In “Pure Grit”
“Pure Grit” is both a thrilling tale of extreme bareback horse racing and an intimate love story. Chronicling three years in the life of a young Native American bareback horse racer, her dogged determination, and the relationships that sustain her.
2021 Venice Film Festival Review: “Django & Django” Is Unpolished But Its Subjects Are Entertaining Enough
An homage to Italian director Sergio Corbucci of the 1960s and contemporary director Quentin Tarantino, recounting a memorable period in Italian cinema with the sensibility of today.
2021 Venice Film Festival Review: Isabelle Huppert & Reda Kateb Are Magnetic In “Promises,” It’s Just A Pity The Screenplay Isn’t Very Interesting
A story that revolves around Clemence who’s in the final stage of her political career as a Mayor of Parisian suburbs.
2021 Venice Film Festival Review: “El Gran Movimiento” (The Great Movement) Is A Hypnotic Vision Of The Effects Of Industrialization
A symphony of the city in the heights, the illness of a worker, the nightmare, and his redemption.
2021 Dances With Films Festival Review: “Over My Dead Body” Has Just Enough Drama To Keep You Engaged
When a young Jewish Persian-American woman tells her parents that her fiancé is Muslim, they make her choose between him and them.
2021 Fantasia Film Festival Review: “Wonderful Paradise” Gets Real Weird, Real Quick
Following some poor financial decisions, Shuji (Seikô Itô) is forced to move his family out of their large mansion in a rich Tokyo suburb. Amidst a sea of cardboard boxes ready for pick-up, his son Yuta (Soran Tamoto) brings a homeless man — who may or may not be dead — into the house.
2021 Fantasia Film Festival Review: “Carro Rei” Fires On All Cylinders
“Carro Rei,” tells the story of a young boy who grows up in a taxi rank. He becomes greatly attached to old cars after finding he is able to speak to them. However, when he and his uncle rejuvenate these old models, the manipulative cars seduce those around them and turn evil.
2021 Fantasia Film Festival Review: “Yakuza Princess” Takes Japanese Action To Brazil
The heiress to half of the Yakuza crime syndicate forges an uneasy alliance with an amnesiac stranger who believes an ancient sword binds their two fates. She must unleash war against the other half of the syndicate who wants her dead.