Roger Ross Williams‘ narrative directorial debut, Cassandro, tells the compelling and inspiring story of Saúl Armendáriz, a gay wrestler from El Paso, Texas, who transforms into the flamboyant and resilient lucha libre sensation, Cassandro. The film explores themes of identity, ...
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John Carney, the director renowned for his ability to capture the essence of music and the human experience, returns to the screen with Flora and Son, his first film since the critically acclaimed Sing Street (2016). While it may not ...
Tim Brown‘s The Retirement Plan presents an intriguing premise that promises a blend of family drama and crime thriller. The film follows Ashley and her young daughter Sarah as they embark on a perilous journey to seek help from Ashley’s estranged father, ...
A Million Miles Away is a biographical drama film that chronicles the remarkable life journey of José M. Hernández, the first Mexican-American astronaut. Starring Michael Peña as José Hernández, Garret Dillahunt as Frederick W. Sturckow, and Rosa Salazar as Adela ...
Bishal Dutta‘s It Lives Inside is a supernatural thriller that explores the complex themes of identity, heritage, and the power of cultural roots. Through the story of Sam (Megan Suri), a young girl struggling to fit in at school while ...
Sex comedies are nothing new in Bollywood, with varying degrees of success and quality. But very few have been from a female perspective. The closest would be Veere Di Wedding, which, while being very open-minded, focused more on a wedding. ...
Nicolas Cage has recently, in the past few years, become associated with quirky oddball choices in bizarre and ‘out there’ movies. There’s probably a whole generation of audiences who know him only as ‘that guy’ in all the outrageous, low-budget ...
Anna Kendrick is an actor who has her own niche when it comes to her acting career. The bubbly, quirky and immensely talented actress has a certain brand she has created for herself, based on her film choices. So it’s ...
Love at First Sight is a romantic film directed by Vanessa Caswill that follows the story of Hadley and Oliver, two strangers who experience a chance encounter on a flight from New York to London. This unexpected meeting sets the ...
There’s been many movies and shows recently dealing with trauma and grief. But director Zarrar Kahn’s In Flames portrays those concepts in a way that is visually stunning and emotionally heart-wrenching. While I won’t spoil anything in this In Flames ...
Coming-of-age teen dramas are exceptional when done right. Uproar takes that genre and adds some very specific elements about the New Zealand indigenous culture of the Maori into its story. How a teenage Maori boy comes to terms with his ...
Concrete Utopia is a South Korean film premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival 2023 about the aftermath of a devastating earthquake in a community. The story takes a harsh look at how people give in to their basest instincts ...
