★★★ Beans is a coming-of-age dramedy set during the summer of 1990, against a climate of Indigenous uprisings that lasted for 78 days and became known as the Oka Crisis. While I had not heard about this particular event beforehand, racial tensions and prejudice against a whole group of people is always upsetting to see … Continue reading Provincetown 2021: Beans
Tribeca 2021: Peace by Chocolate
★★★★ (Written by Allison Brown) Peace by Chocolate, directed by Jonathan Keijser, is a charming immigration story told through a lens unlike its predecessors. Instead of a film set in the United States, where Middle Eastern immigrants are looked at with disgust and many times, automatically assumed to be terrorists, this tale takes place in … Continue reading Tribeca 2021: Peace by Chocolate
Film Review: Siberia
★ Willem Dafoe has a storied history of making what you would classify as ‘unconventional’ movies. His filmography, which includes mainstream selections like Spider-Man, is also host to the stunning-but-strange The Lighthouse (a personal favorite) and the violent, brazenly bizarre Antichrist. Siberia, the new highly symbolic dream-exploration drama, is—bar none—the most frustrating and baffling film … Continue reading Film Review: Siberia
Film Review: Sweat
★★ Sweat tries to give us a glimpse into the world of runways and celebrity culture. Beyond that, though, it attempts to prove that age-old adage of “celebs! they’re just like us!” Sylwia (Magdalena Kolesnik) is a hugely popular influencer whose opinion and friendship is valued and craved by nearly everyone around her. She searches … Continue reading Film Review: Sweat
Tribeca 2021: No Man of God
★★★ Serial killers are all the rage these days. Similar to Netflix’s dark drama series Mindhunter, director Amber Sealy and writer Kit Lesser (Sinister) present No Man of God, which examines charismatic murderer Ted Bundy (Luke Kirby in an uncanny portrayal) through interviews and analysis amongst the creation of FBI profiling. The true crime film … Continue reading Tribeca 2021: No Man of God
Tribeca 2021: No Future
★★★ No Future is one of the more interesting dramas on the 2021 Tribeca Film slate. Led by a trio of great performances from Charlie Heaton, Catherine Keener, and Rosa Salazar, writer/director duo Andrew Irvine and Mark Smoot craft a film that tackles addiction, grief, and relapse. While the simplistic script takes few chances on … Continue reading Tribeca 2021: No Future
Tribeca 2021: Catch the Fair One
★★★★ (Written by Allison Brown) Catch the Fair One caught me off guard as one of the stronger Tribeca contenders I’ve seen yet! With its dark, gritty and gloomy turns, it is impossible to not be engaged in Kaylee’s struggle to find her missing sister, Weeta (Mainaku Borrero). The film invokes notes of Taken, with a female edge; … Continue reading Tribeca 2021: Catch the Fair One
Interview: Poser Directors & Actress Bobbi Kitten
This week, we got together with some of the creatives behind the excellent new Tribeca music thriller, Poser. It is a searing character study about timid Lennon (newcomer Sylvie Mix), as she starts up a podcast to “investigate and research” underground musicians. Lennon’s journey and exploration for her recordings transforms into an obsession. Lennon begins … Continue reading Interview: Poser Directors & Actress Bobbi Kitten
Tribeca 2021: Agnes
★★★ Agnes, the new horror drama from director Mickey Reece, debuted at 2021’s Tribeca Film Festival. It’s a confounding movie, and one that’s even more difficult to review. This is mainly due to a weird mish-mash of tones and a gear-shift to the narrative that left me baffled. From the opening, I found myself engaged … Continue reading Tribeca 2021: Agnes
Tribeca 2021: Roaring 20’s
★★ (Written by Allison Brown) It has always been a dream of mine to go to Paris. Roaring 20's portrays a summer day in 2020, set in real time during the pandemic, in the life of a superfluous cast in this hot spot. The film is shot as one continuous piece, choreographed by Elisabeth Vogler, … Continue reading Tribeca 2021: Roaring 20’s