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All Critics. Top Critics. All Audience. Verified Audience. Derek Deskins Next Projection. It's like overhearing a 17-year-old rail on about the complexities of life, having read an introductory...
The Honor Farm. After several students wander into the woods on prom night, they are forever changed. Watch The Honor Farm with a subscription on Prime Video, rent on Fandango at...
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- Olivia Grace Applegate
- Karen Skloss
- Mystery & Thriller
- Fractured
- Always Be My Maybe
- Atlantics
- Soni
- Dolemite Is My Name
- The Forest of Love
- I Lost My Body
- Marriage Story
- The Two Popes
- The Irishman
Directed by Brad Anderson, Fracturedrelies heavily on Sam Worthington’s central performance. After a near-tragedy, Ray Monroe (Worthington) brings his injured daughter Peri (Lucy Capri) and frightened wife Joanne (Lily Rabe) to a hospital, only to lose sight of them and then be told that they were never really there. The psychological thriller exce...
Explorations of culture fuel Nahnatchka Khan’s Always Be My Maybe, a romantic comedy with a loaded soundtrack. Ali Wong stars as celebrity chef Sasha Trana, while Randall Park plays her long-time pal Marcus Kim - an endearing San Francisco native who’s yet to fully take control of his life as an adult. The first half of Always Be My Maybe hits all ...
The epitome of original filmmaking, Mati Diop’s Atlantics revolves around dreams and nightmares in Dakar, Senegal. When construction worker Souleiman (Ibrahima Traoré) stresses about his financial security, he sets sail with numerous Dakar locals in search of better opportunities. Meanwhile, Ada (Mame Bineta Sane) plans to marry the brother of her ...
A Hindi-language film, Ivan Ayr’s Soniexplores gender roles in New Delhi. More specifically, it’s about the danger that women face when challenging authoritative figures. In this case, Geetika Vidya Ohlyan stars as the title character, a no-nonsense police officer trying to deal emotionally with a divorce. As Soni’s inner turmoil escalates, she bec...
In Dolemite Is My Name, a comedy icon delivers a master class in situational humor. Eddie Murphy stars as real-life filmmaker Rudy Ray Moore, who made and starred in the 1975 Blaxploitation classic Dolemite. Written by Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski, Dolemite Is My Name pops from scene to scene with sharp one-liners, while Craig Brewer’s dir...
Directed by Japanese filmmaker Sion Sono, The Forest of Loveis a bizarre, 151-minute dramedy about meta filmmaking and manipulation of power. It’s a violent and provocative film centered on the mysterious Joe Murata (Kippei Shiina). At first, he’s viewed as a menace to a group of young guerrilla-style filmmakers, and could even be a sexual predator...
A French animated film directed by Jérémy Clapin, I Lost My Body features a surreal premise for a commentary about acceptance and fate. The film begins with a severed hand trying to find its body, a subplot that complements the primary storyline about a lonely pizza deliver boy named Naofel. He secretly obsesses over a customer named Gabrielle, and...
Noah Baumbach wrote and directed this Netflix Original, a film that was partially inspired by his relationship with Jennifer Jason Leigh. In Marriage Story, Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver star as separating couple Nicole and Charlie Barber, who discover just how emotionally draining divorce proceedings can be. The film is surprisingly lighthear...
Whereas Marriage Story is grounded in everyday concepts, The Two Popes is more philosophically expansive. Directed by Fernando Meirelles, the drama focuses on the relationship between Pope Benedict XVI (Anthony Hopkins) and Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio (Jonathan Pryce) who form a unique bond while discussing the future of the Catholic Church. Ber...
With The Irishman, Martin Scorsese shows that he’s still one of cinema’s most daring filmmakers. The 209-minute drama is based on the book I Heard You Paint Houses, which details the murder confessions of alleged hitman Frank Sheeran. Thematically, The Irishmanhearkens back to many of Scorsese’s most beloved crime classics, only the scope and struc...
- Tell Me Who I Am. Tell Me Who I Am isn’t the first film (or the first story) to grapple with the effects that a lie can have on someone. Those lies can be weaponized to thwart a superhero, or they can be used to justify horrific actions sanctioned by the government.
- High Flying Bird. High Flying Bird tells the story of a sports agent caught in the crosshairs of an NBA lockout who tries to end it on his own. A strong script from Moonlight screenwriter Tarell Alvin McCraney and a leading performance from André Holland make a potentially insider story compelling, and the film takes on the NBA’s long history of exploiting Black athletes in the process.
- The Irishman. In The Irishman, an elderly Frank Sheeran (Robert De Niro) reflects on his relationship with Jimmy Hoffa (Al Pacino), the union leader who famously went missing (and who Sheeran admitted to murdering late in life).
- After Maria. After Maria follows three women living out of a New York hotel. Forced to flee their homes in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria, the women are about to be displaced once again, this time by FEMA.
- “I Lost My Body” These days, Netflix’s strategy appears to be outspending the competition to enable ambitious auteur’s dream projects, like “Roma” and “The Irishman,” but the bigger budgets don’t necessarily make for better movies.
- “The Two Popes” Jonathan Pryce and Anthony Hopkins both deserve Oscar nominations as the impressive pair of papal protagonists who make Fernando Meirelles’ crackling two-hander the season’s most unexpected delight.
- “Girl” A tender, thought-provoking coming-of-gender story, this stunning Belgian drama puts audiences in the shoes — or rather, the ballet slippers — of a teenager in transition.
- “Marriage Story” Noah Baumbach made a big stink when Netflix bought “The Meyerowitz Stories,” only to become a convert when it went on to become the most widely seen movie of his career.
Dec 4, 2017 · On the night of senior prom, two girls climb into a hearse and head into the woods to seek freedom. If you dare to follow in their footsteps, venture to The Honor Farm, a new Thriller from Gravitas Ventures, which was released to VOD on October 3rd and Blu-ray/DVD on October 17th.
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If Karen Skloss' feature narrative debut The Honor Farm possesses anything it's an abundance of style. This is a gorgeously shot prom night turned mushroom trip romp of millennial excess caught in the throes of dream.