★★★ The award for weirdest musical of the year goes to… Annette! Opening with a message imploring the audience to “keep silent and hold your breath till the end of the show”, Annette then busts out into a full-on throwback musical number entitled “May We Start.” That this sequence is the high point of the … Continue reading Cannes 2021: Annette
Film Review: The Last Letter From Your Lover
★★★ As soon as Netflix’s new romance, The Last Letter From Your Lover, begins with a pretentious Ernest Hemmingway quote, a red flag is raised. From here, things only get worse, as director Augustine Frizzell attempts to cross-stitch two different time periods as if crafting Netflix’s version of The Notebook. The biggest issue is that … Continue reading Film Review: The Last Letter From Your Lover
Film Review: Here After
★★ A rom-com this generic and misogynistic in 2021? Okay then! Here After has probably the most annoying romantic protagonist I can recall seeing recently, and that is before even getting to the strange plot. Things start off with a fourth-wall breaking story about a sexual experience with a redhead, recalled by Michael (Andy Karl). … Continue reading Film Review: Here After
Film Review: Here Comes Your Man
★★★★ From TLA Releasing, curators of such bonafide gay classics as Latter Days and Another Gay Movie comes your new favorite romance! Here Comes Your Man is an intimate and extensive examination of one surprising gay relationship from top to bottom (no pun intended). Hailing from writer/director Omar Salas Zamora, the sexually-charged drama follows Aaron … Continue reading Film Review: Here Comes Your Man
Film Review: Die in a Gunfight
★★★★ Like Scott Pilgrim before it, Die in a Gunfight brings that comic book style into the crime and romance genres, with impressive visuals and an incredible ensemble cast. Just when you think you have the story figured out, another layer unfurls itself with quiet excellence. From two of the screenwriters responsible for MCU entry … Continue reading Film Review: Die in a Gunfight
Frameline 2021: Firebird
★★★★ Imagine, if you will, a tense time where if the Air Force discovered one was in a same sex relationship, it was grounds to be locked away in prison for five years. Set under the domineering Soviet regime at the height of the Cold War, Firebird is a beautifully made love story that tugs at … Continue reading Frameline 2021: Firebird
Film Review: A Cinderella Story: Starstruck
★★★ (Written by Allison Brown) Released in 2004, A Cinderella Story, starring Hilary Duff and Chad Michael Murray, was an immense success and garnered several sequels with equally star-studded, teen queen leads, including Selena Gomez, Lucy Hale, Laura Marano and Sofia Carson. I have been following the films as each gets released. Despite their incredibly … Continue reading Film Review: A Cinderella Story: Starstruck
Interview: Screenwriter/Director Jonah Feingold & Dating and New York Cast
Last week, we joined writer/director Jonah Feingold, and actors Catherine Cohen and Brian Müller, to chat about their Tribeca breakout, Dating & New York. Narrated by doorman Cole, the film which has been picked up by IFC for a September release, plunges us into the waters of the modern dating world via the latest app, … Continue reading Interview: Screenwriter/Director Jonah Feingold & Dating and New York Cast
Tribeca 2021: Dating & New York
★★★★ Once Upon a Time in New York City… thus begins the creative and quirky romantic comedy, Dating & New York. Narrated by doorman Cole, (Jerry Ferrara, who I knew as Entourage’s Turtle), we are plunged into the waters of the modern dating world via the latest app, MeetCute. Curly-haired cutie Milo (Jaboukie Young-White), who … Continue reading Tribeca 2021: Dating & New York
Tribeca 2021: Mark, Mary & Some Other People
★★★★ Mark, Mary & Some Other People is a delightful comedy with sharp, nudity-free sexual politics and two captivating leading performances from Ben Rosenfield and Hayley Law as Mark and Mary, respectively. The closest comparison I can provide from this charmer are 2010’s Justin Long / Drew Barrymore dramedy Going the Distance and 2009’s (500) … Continue reading Tribeca 2021: Mark, Mary & Some Other People