The term “sabaya” refers to girls sold into sexual slavery in war-torn Middle Eastern countries. A Sabaya is a sex slave. This engrossing film from Hogir Hirori, his third film, captures and records the atrocities still ongoing in Sinjara province ...
Brad Weldon is the “hippie star” and narrator for a long documentary about the California wildfires entitled “Bring Your Own Brigade” ( BYOB.) Brad fought the Camp Fire of November 8, 2018, for 7 or 8 hours to save his ...
This 90 minute documentary, directed by Mariem Perez Riera traces the life of Latino icon Rita Moreno, from her birth in Humacao, Puerto Rico in 1936, to her upcoming role reprising “West Side Story” with Steven Spielberg. (Film is slated ...
Filmmaker Gretl Claggett both wrote and directed a short film/narrative pilot called “Stormchaser.” I’m not sure which Midwestern state is portrayed in this 27 minute film, but the license plate said Missouri, so I’ll take a wild guess that it ...
“76 Days” is a 93-minute documentary about the outbreak of Covid-19 in Wuhan, China, a film directed and written by Hao Wu, Weixi Chen (the cinematographer) and an individual who chose to remain anonymous. One wonders how the team managed ...
“Drowning” is a Melora Walters film, produced by Sergio Rizzuto’s Potato Eater Productions, in conjunction with Room in the Sky Films, Eight Trick Pony and Hero LA . Walters wrote, directed, and stars in the film. She has 110 credits ...
Meandering through Rome and Cinecittà, Gerald Morin, who worked with Fellini for over a decade, creates a 75-minute touching portrait of the man in “On Fellini’s Footsteps”, enriched by anecdotes from Fellini’s most important collaborators of the time. The write-up ...
Writer-Director Bastion Gauthier takes the topic of an annual endurance contest (Hands On) in Texas to win a pickup truck and turns it into a character study. The contest promises thrilling entertainment to spectators and the chance of a lifetime ...
The 30 Best U.S. Political Films of All Time Below you will find the 30 best U.S. political Films of All Time. THE FILMS: 1962 & 2004: “The Manchurian Candidate” For many years, this was my All-Time Favorite Flick. Laurence ...
George Gallo and Josh Posner took an old idea (based on a 1982 film of the same name by Harry Hurwitz) and tweaked the basic idea of “The Producers” to give us the comedy “The Comeback Trail.” The movie stars ...
“A Good Man” is a LGBTQ French film directed by Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar. It is a Cannes Official Film Selection with subtitles, but the trailer does not have English subtitles. (Dust off your French from high school or college.) Noemie Merlant, ...
Little Fish Every year, attending film festivals in Chicago, Texas, Colorado and elsewhere, there is a pattern that emerges for that year’s films. Sometimes, it’s a similarity of titles. Sometimes, it’s a similarity of theme. In 1984 there was “The ...
