Isaac Gale and Ryan Olson’s Swamp Dogg Gets His Pool Painted is not generally the type of “important” documentary that wins awards, but it is a rare bird indeed: a film that lets its subject be its voice and aesthetic, resulting in a lean 97 minutes that feel natural and satisfying and, most importantly for […]
A crime thriller movie, “Jaspal”, which is written and directed by Narinderpal Singh Chandok a well-known French documentary director who hasn’t been on jaspal his first ever motion picture out of more than 40 documentaries made by him on various topics. The film sets in beautiful chandigarh city where every corner has its own crime
I’m ‘George Lucas’: A Connor Ratliff Story directed by Ryan Jacobi is genuinely heartfelt. It follows New York-based comedian Connor Ratliff and his role as “George Lucas” on The George Lucas Talk Show, an improvised monthly comedy series that takes the form of a late-night panel talk show where real-life guests pretend to talk with
The British Raj and the whole British Empire era is nothing to celebrate for most modern Brits. In fact, it’s more of a source of embarrassment if anything. I’m sure India doesn’t look back too fondly on those days either. Set in the 1930s, King Rajadhipathi (Jayaprakash) refuses to allow commoners into a local temple
The Illusion Islands, Ayiyi Productions, and Frame 12 Productions present The Private Eye: a noisy, pulpy indie movie that parodies classic Film Noir and the wider detective genre. It stars stand-up comedian turned movie star Matt Rife as the eponymous Private Eye, Clare Grant of Changeland and Walk The Line fame, and Denzel Whitaker, who
Ambitious amateur physicist makes big promises to desperate cancer patient in Calvin Lee Reeder’s The A-Frame. Known for lo-fi avant garde nightmare features The Oregonian and The Rambler, Reeder takes a more linear storytelling style with this film, offering up a pitch-black science fiction comedy with heart (and blood). Donna (Dana Namerode) is at her
I’m not accusing the writers of “Bad Boys: Ride or Die” of using A.I, a delicate issue in Hollywood these days. However, if a computer had written this blockbuster sequel, it would not be very different. “Ride or Die” is more direct to the 2020’s “Bad Boys for Life” that people may expect and checks
Xavier Gens, who is known as one of the most promising directors in France and thanks to his brilliant debut film Frontier(s) has gained a lot of popularity among the fans of horror films (though for some reason I did not like this film at all, because I think it was just too bloody), is
A gender reversal of The Next Three Days (2010), which was a remake of the French film Pour Elle (Anything for Her, 2008) influenced by Indian mythology, Savi tells a story of a housewife who passionately fights to get her partner out of a high-security Liverpool prison sentenced for murder. Savi doesn’t lack technically. Cinematographer
Alexandre Dumas’ 1,200-page adventure tale is not easy to condense, but a pair of French directors accomplished this brilliantly by underscoring its revenge theme. Last year, Pathé, the French distributor decided to go against the grain in the face of post-pandemic pessimism by continuing with the tradition of showing movies on big screens. It was
