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• Coming of age tale “Banana Split” balances comedy and romance to create a unique tale.

  By Zane Gray on March 25, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  With the right amount of comedy and romance and the vibe of a coming of age tale, Banana Split is a poignant and profoundly resonating story that’s about the struggles of friendships and the overall impact they will have on… Read More ›

• Bring the immense theatrical scale of “1917” home now.

  By Douglas Davidson on March 24, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Of the films to drop in 2019, none impressed this reviewer more from a technical perspective than Sam Mendes’s 1917. Designed, shot, and edited to create a seamless one-take feel, 1917 became one of the year’s most immersive experiences without… Read More ›

• The Cine-Men, Episode 26: CCA 2020 Recap & More

  By Douglas Davidson on March 23, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  While everyone is doing their part to flatten the curve, enjoy this new episode of The Cine-Men featuring co-hosts Douglas Davidson and Darryl Mansel! For Episode 26 we welcome back Episode 25 guest Noel T. Manning, as well as new… Read More ›

• Criterion gives the special treatment to another Spike Lee joint, the 2000 satire “Bamboozled.”

  By Douglas Davidson on March 22, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  When it comes to provocative storytelling, there really is no one else like writer/director Spike Lee. More than any modern artist, Lee minces no words with his films, cutting straight through the bullshit each and every time. In his 2015… Read More ›

• A Conversation with “EMMA.” actors Anya Taylor-Joy and Bill Nighy.

  By Noel Manning on March 21, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Noel T. Manning II interviews acting talent Anya Taylor-Joy (Split, Glass, New Mutants, The Witch) & the legendary actor Bill Nighy (About Time, Pirates of the Caribbean, Harry Potter, Love Actually) about their work in the creative arts and their… Read More ›

• Pick up “Spies in Disguise” on home video and join Team Weird.

  By Douglas Davidson on March 20, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  When the world seems literally about to fall apart, what we need is to remember that we’re all in this together. That, perhaps, the way we’ve been doing things hasn’t been the right way all along. As humans, we tend… Read More ›

• Thoughtful, smart, and executed with precision, “Blow the Man Down” is just the film to help weather the home entertainment storm.

  By Douglas Davidson on March 19, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  There is nothing more dangerous than the female of any species. They possess the ability to grant life, yet will also bring forth the full weight of their wrath if needed. It’s the lioness who hunts for the pack, the… Read More ›

• Director Clint Eastwood raises the question of social justice in “Richard Jewell,” now available on home video.

  By Douglas Davidson on March 18, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  In 1996, during the Summer Olympic games, a bomb went off in Atlanta’s Centennial Olympic Park, killing one and hurting many others. Though it was security guard Richard Jewell who found and alerted police to a suspicious package at the… Read More ›

• Heather Young’s “Murmur” Explores Aging, Addiction, and Animal-Human Connection. [Slamdance Film Festival]

  By Lindsey Dunn on March 17, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Heather Young’s Murmur (2019) explores aging, addiction, loneliness, and the emotional pull of the animal-connection, through one woman’s experience while working in an animal shelter for court-mandated community service. This first full-length feature film directed by Young (Fish) won the… Read More ›

• A Conversation with director Jonathan Jakubowicz.

  By Noel Manning on March 16, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Jonathan Jakubowicz researched, wrote a directed an epic film capturing the little known story of the legendary mime Marcel Marceau and his work with the French resistance during WWII. On this week’s Cinemascene, Jakubowicz shares the story behind making this… Read More ›

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