Wildland – AFI Film Festival 2020
Wildland is unlike any female coming-of-age story you have seen. Director Jeanette Nordahl’s debut feature film eschews every single girl coming-of-ageContinue Reading
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Apples – AFI Film Festival 2020
Apples is about a virus ravaging the citizens of Greece and the world. It’s not COVID-19 but rather a sudden affliction ofContinue Reading
Wander Darkly – AFI Film Festival 2020
Sienna Miller and Diego Luna anchor this meditation on life, death, and love. Writer/Director Tara Miele’s Wander Darkly is a metaphysical loveContinue Reading
Out of the Blue – AFI Film Festival 2020
Long out of circulation, Dennis Hopper’s Out of the Blue, comes roaring back. Restored and ready to be rediscovered. Dennis Hopper as aContinue Reading
Hopper/Welles – AFI Film Festival 2020
Two legends, infante terrible both have one of the best conversations put to celluloid during the time they were makingContinue Reading
Uncle Frank – AFI Film Festival 2020
Alan Ball’s Uncle Frank is a family drama with a huge dollop of compassion and understanding. Anchored by great work by theContinue Reading
Sound of Metal – AFI Film Festival 2020
Grounded by an amazing performance by Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal is one of the best dramas of the year. The dramaticContinue Reading
Wolfwalkers – AFI Film Festival 2020
Tomm Moore with co-director Ross Stewart completes his Irish Trilogy of Animated Folktales with the beautiful Wolfwalkers. Though Wolfwalkers tells a familiar taleContinue Reading
Shadow in the Cloud – AFI Film Festival 2020
The Claustrophobic Action Thriller is brilliant in its first two-thirds but depending on your tastes will either soar or fallContinue Reading
Nine Days – AFI Film Festival 2020
Writer/Director Edson Oda’s Nine Days is a unique, heartfelt, science fiction film. That just happens to be one of the best of 2020.Continue Reading