— by BEV QUESTAD — I thought I would take a break from heavy film watching and enjoy a movie with dashing Richard Gere as lead in “Oh, Canada.” Frying pan into the fire. This film is as complex, studied and deep as they come. Gere is masterful as a dying man, Leonard Fife, who [&hell[...]
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Review: Obsessed with Light
— by WILLIAM STERR — Loie Fuller is generally little known in America today. But there was a time, well over 100 years ago, when she was world famous for her dance styling. “Obsessed with Light” tells her story and exposes how much influence this small but unstoppable woman from Chic[...]
Review: The Bibi Files
— by BEV QUESTAD — The siren’s luring call of power and riches blinds her victims into crashing against her jutting rocks. In 2023, before the October Hamas attack, Israeli investigative police tapes incriminating Bibi Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel, were secretly handed to Alex G[...]
Review: Armand
— by BEV QUESTAD — “We have to be tolerant of everything now.” “Yeah, we can’t say or do anything.” “There’s a difference between tolerance and irresponsibility.” An incident has occurred, and the school wonders how to handle it. The child’s mother, a rather recent wido[...]
Review: Remembering Gene Wilder
— by BEV QUESTAD — “I didn’t think Jerry Silverman had the right ring to it. I wanted to be … wilder.” So began the career of much-loved Gene Wilder, actor, comedian, writer and filmmaker. Ron Frank’s loving tribute to Wilder is executive produced by Wilder’s friends, Leonard[...]
Review: A Case for Love
— by BEV QUESTAD — In the beginning, a lovely woman reports her victimization. At one point, she explains how her skin was coming off because her mother had her repeatedly washing the floor with bleach. Growing up thinking she was supposed to please others, she ended up prostituting, add[...]
Review: Lead and Copper
— by BEV QUESTAD — It took me a long time to get through this one and a half hour movie because I repetitively stopped the film and took down important notes. But it wasn’t until the end that I took in an intake of breath. Then I took two screen shots and rushed them […][...]
Review: Black Cab
— by WILLIAM STERR — Nick Frost is primarily known as a comedic actor, especially in movies such as “Shawn of the Dead” and “Hot Fuzz.” In “Black Cab,” he takes a completely different turn. Patrick (Luke Norris) and Ann (Synnove Karlsen) are at dinner with friends when Patric[...]
Review: Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell
— by BEV QUESTAD — This film by new Vietnamese filmmaker Pham Thien An will have you pondering, throughout the film, about what the title might mean. “Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell” takes place in Vietnam during a lot of overcast, rainy skies. It begins with a silly big-headed sport[...]
Review: Facing the Wind
— by BEV QUESTAD — What do you do when your spouse changes from the vibrant intelligent man you fell in love with to someone who doesn’t always know who you are? The bottom-line question is this: What does a wife do when she has a career and her husband needs 24/7 care? Have you [&hell[...]
Review: The Apprentice
— by WILLIAM STERR — This biopic could be subtitled “How to Make a Monster.” In 1973, Donald Trump, a newly-minted member of the exclusive “Le Club” in New York, met notorious lawyer and fixer Roy Cohn. Donald (Sebastian Stan – “Avengers: Endgame”) is there with his dat[...]
Review: Vigilantes Inc.
— by WILLIAM STERR — This is a documentary about one of the most disturbing issues facing America today – and in fact, a threat that has existed since before the founding of the nation. We’re not talking about some foreign adversary seeking to crush our freedoms. It’s n[...]
Review: Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat
— by WILLIAM STERR — In the late 1950s, the world was in turmoil. One after another, people around the world were throwing off their oppressive western colonizers and becoming members of the United Nations. At the same time, the West was in full blown “cold war” mode with Russia, and[...]