Other People
Trying to make light of cancer in movies is never easy and attempts at doing so do not usually make for good box office as last year’s Sundance big hit Me, Earl & the Dying Girl sadly found out when it failed to find an audience. This new movie, which is the directorial debut of writer Chris Kelly, and … Continue reading
Palace of Fun
Brit filmmaker Eadward Strong’s directorial feature is produced by his brother David and stars another …. George, who was also the co-writer … in this dark thriller that shows their obsession with old black and white movies that surface a great deal in this movie with its thunderous old-fashioned soundtrack. It’s the story of … Continue reading
Petunia
In Ash Chastain’s new comedy drama he has somewhat overloaded the neurotic Petunia family in New York with such a whole textbook of quirks, hangups and affectations that adding all the different story strands together makes for a rather dysfunctional movie. I should quickly add that its not without its charm and has a few … Continue reading
Poppy Field : a rare queer drama from Romania
The fact that this film ever got made is a real achievement in itself is something of miracle/breakthrough. To our knowledge, this is only the 2nd queer movie to come out of Romania. The first was Beyond The Hills, which when we reviewed it in 2013, we found overwhelmingly bleak. Poppy Field, the debut … Continue reading
Princess Cyd
When 16 year old Cyd (Jessie Pinnick) manages to have yet another falling out with her father, he decides to pack her off to stay with her Aunt in Chicago for a few weeks to give everyone a break. Aunt Miranda (Rebecca Spencer) is a famous author and quite the local celebrity who lives a … Continue reading