Friday, February 28, 2025

EMILIA PEREZ (2024)

 


Directed By: Jacques Audiard

Written By: Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain, Lea Mysius and Nicole Livecchi 

Based on the novel “ECOUTE” By: Boris Razon

Cinematography: Paul Guilhaume

Editor: Juliette Welfing 


Cast: Zoe Saldana, Karla Sofia Gascon, Selena Gomez, Adriana Paz, Edgar Ramirez, Mark Ivanir, Eduardo Aladro, Emilio Edmundo Hasan Jalil


follows four remarkable women in Mexico, each pursuing their own happiness. Cartel leader Emilia enlists Rita, an unappreciated lawyer, to help fake her death so that she can finally live authentically as her true self.


Thursday, February 27, 2025

ONE SINGS, THE OTHER DOESN’T (1977)

 


Written & Directed By: Agnes Varda 

Cinematography: Charlie Van Damme 

Editor: Joele Van Effenterre


Cast: Therese Liotard, Valerie Mairesse, Robert Dadies, Ali Rafie, Gisele Halimi, Nicole Clement



The intertwined lives of two women in 1970s France, set against the progress of the women's movement in which Agnes Varda was involved. Pomme and Suzanne meet when Pomme helps Suzanne obtain an abortion after a third pregnancy which she cannot afford. They lose contact but meet again ten years later. Pomme has become an unconventional singer, Suzanne a serious community worker - despite the contrast they remain friends and share in the various dramas of each others' lives, in the process affirming their different female identities.


Monday, February 24, 2025

UNSTOPPABLE (2025)

 


Directed By: William Goldenberg 

Written By: Eric Champnella, Alex Harris And John Hindman 

Based On The Book: Anthony Robles and Austin Murphy 

Cinematography: Salvatore Tontino 

Editor: Brett M. Reed 



Cast: Jharrel Jerome, Jennifer Lopez, Don Cheadle, Michael Pena, Bobby Cannavale, Mykelti Williamson, Neon Perez, Johnni Di Julius, Peter Sack 




Saturday, February 22, 2025

THE FRONT ROOM (2024)

 


Written & Directed By: Max Eggers & Sam Eggers 

Based on a short story by: Susan Hill

Cinematography: Ava Berkofsky 

Editor: Eric Kissack and Benjamin Rodriguez Jr. 


Cast: Brandy Norwood, Kathryn Hunter, Neal Huff, Andrew Burnap, Mary Testa, Kerry Flanagan


It tells the story of a newly pregnant couple who are forced to take in an ailing, estranged stepmother.


Friday, February 21, 2025

THE ANGRY BLACK GIRL AND HER MONSTER (2023)

 



Written & Directed By: Bomani J. Story 

Cinematography: Daphne Qin Wu

Editor: Annie DeBrock


Cast: Laya Deleon Hayes, Denzel Whitaker, Chad L. Coleman, Reilly Brooke Stith, Keith Holliday, Amani Summer, Eden Atsu-Swanzy, Ellis Hobbs IV


Vicaria's a brilliant teenager. After the brutal murder of her brother, she embarks on a dangerous journey to resurrect him.