Call Me by Your Name, directed by Luca Guadagnino, has enchanted both audiences and critics with its depiction of northern Italy and its central romance between 17-year-old Elio (Timothée Chalamet) and his father’s 24-year-old graduate student, Oliver (Armie Hammer). These actors shine in their portrayal of first love and heartbreak. But it’s the speech from […]
A Love Song (2022): Max Walker-Silverman’s Feature Debut (Sundance Fest 2022, Highlights)
July 24, 2022 by
Max Walker-Silverman’s feature debut, A Love Song, centers on two 60-ish childhood sweethearts (Dale Dickey and Wes Studi) who meet up for a night at a Colorado campsite. The film benefits immensely from the indelibly expressive faces and voices of its wonderful leads. Share this:
PALM TREES AND POWER LINES (2022): Jamie Dack’s Debut, Relationship between Teenage Girl and Older Man (Sundance Film Fest 2022, Highlights)
July 24, 2022 by
Jamie Dack’s subtle debut, Palm Trees and Power Lines, concerns the relationship between a teenage girl and a man twice her age.
FREE CHOL SOO LEE (2022): Julie Ha and Eugene Yi’s Documentary (Sundance Film Fest 2022, Highlights)
July 24, 2022 by
Julie Ha and Eugene Yi’s sensitive documentary, Free Chol Soo Lee, examines a Korean immigrant’s wrongful conviction for the 1973 murder of a San Francisco Chinatown gang leader. The film is both a portrait of a man brutalized by the carceral system, and a broader portrait of the system itself. It’s an historical case that […]
Call Jane (2022): Phyllis (Carol) Nagy’s Dramedy (Sundance Film Fest 2022, Highlight)
July 24, 2022 by
Screenwriter Phyllis (Carol) Nagy’s affecting drama, Call Jane, tells the story of a suburban woman (played by Elizabeth Banks) who gets involved in the Jane Collective, an underground service that provided safe abortions in the years before Roe v. Wade. It’s a bracing and intimate view of a historical moment that’s very relevant today. […]
