Month: January 2021

Adventure

“Soul” Review

Soul (2020) This new animation comes from the creators of Inside Out (2015), and is about a music teacher and aspiring jazz pianist, Joe Gardner (Jamie Foxx) who dies by falling into New York City’s manhole. He begins his journey in the world “beyond” (“The Great Before”) and his reluctant companion becomes a yet-unborn soul […]

“Soul” Review

Drama

Short Film: A BROKEN WING, 11min., Israel, Drama/Family

Tony is a strong, independent woman with a unique and striking look, but all that is in stark contrast with her position of her power balance between her and her old mom Denise. She is an opinionated, resolute and self-absorbed woman. She’s apparently independent, but when Tony is present, she expresses practical and emotional dependency.Her […]

Short Film: A BROKEN WING, 11min., Israel, Drama/Family

Drama

Short Film: AMERICAN DREAM, 19min., France, Drama

Frustrated by the lack of opportunities for black people he had in France, Mickael has been living in the United States for the past 5 years. Proud of his success, he invited his little brother (Matthieu) to Chicago to convince him to try his luck here. Unfortunately, everything turns into a nightmare when they accidentally […]

Short Film: AMERICAN DREAM, 19min., France, Drama

Documentary

Short Film: HONG KONG DIALOGUES, 40min., Hong Kong, Experimental Documentary

The experimental documentary shot on the ground by citizen-journalists during the Hong Kong protests of August 2019 to January 2020, it captured the conversations and words appeared during the Hong Kong Movement in 2019, from slogans chanted by the protestors to, speech by advocate, argument between local residents, to graffties on the wall. It tends […]

Short Film: HONG KONG DIALOGUES, 40min., Hong Kong, Experimental Documentary

In Theaters

Film Review: “Promising Young Woman” (2020)

Credit: Focus Features ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 5 out of 5. How many times do you hear stories of rape and domestic violence committed against women? Sometimes it is too much to handle. The documentary “Roll Red Roll” about the Steubenville High School rape case is one of the examples that happens every day around the world. […]

Film Review: “Promising Young Woman” (2020)

Documentary

Enjoy this 1930s version of ‘A Trip Down Market Street’ in color

I’ve recently seen this stunning piece of film on YouTube that was posted in November of 2020. Shot in the 1930s, it’s a drive down Market Street from Steuart Street near the Ferry Building to Stockton Street. The filmmakers were obviously inspired by the famous 1906 film ‘A Trip Down Market Street’. It’s been colorized […]

Enjoy this 1930s version of ‘A Trip Down Market Street’ in color

In Theaters

“I’m a Nice Guy” – Promising Young Woman (2020)

Don’t cross her. So this is about a soon-to-be thirty-year-old woman (Carey Mulligan). She has this hobby where she pretends to be blackout drunk at the club. When thoughtful young men (looking out for her best interest, of course) attempt to make sure she gets home safely, she plays along. However, when they inevitably make […]

“I’m a Nice Guy” – Promising Young Woman (2020)

Netflix

Bridgerton

It’s hot, it’s steamy, you know you want to (and chances are, you already have: this series has been ULTRA popular on Netflix). It’s deliciously anachronistic, unapologetically salacious, and totally bingeable. The costumes are sumptuous, the dialogue sparkles, the sets are incredible, and the romance is as soapy as it is sexy. Plus, the ensemble […]

Bridgerton