ACHILLES-this Iranian tale has haunted me. It the story of man who takes a political prisoner out of a hospital and what happens. One of the first great films of the year.
BLACK BOX DIARIES is the story of a woman charting her lawsuit against one of the most powerful men in Japan for sexual abuse. It will rock your world.
ANZU THE GHOST CAT an atypical anime film that is just wonderful;
HOW TO BUILD A TRUTH ENGINE is one of the most important films of the year about how we are losing the information war and what we can do about it.
CHESS BOXER – it doesn’t matter that I know the filmmaker- this is a kick ass “first” film that heralds the arrival of a great talent
100 YARDS – a typical martial arts film where women drive the plot and a 45 minute long final fight
WHALE BONES – an atypical drama from one of the writers of DRIVE MY CAR is a look at life and relationships and is pure cinematic magic
HORIZON probably shouldn’t be here until Kevin Costner finishes it- but there is something here that says maybe those who hate this need to chill out and let the man tell his story
NICKEL BOYS – If this wasn’t all first person POV this would have been in my top five of the year- but it is and I don’t think it works as well as it should.(I feel this way more so after reading the screenplay). But my reservations aside the filmmaking is first rate and the tale is emotional
DICKWEED the true story who loses his penis when bad guys don’t believe that he doesn’t know where a treasure is hidden. It gets weirder from there-and its true.
MARIA – I’ve been bouncing this all over my lists- but this look at the final days of Maria Callas is as good as movies get
THE SIREN-Iranian animation about the bombing of a city during the Iran Iraq War. Forget that Iran is “the bad guys” now and just be rocked by this look at the destruction of war
DEATH TOUR-wrestling doc about the wrestlers who every winter bring shows to the north of Canada. Great from top to bottom
SECRET MALL APARTMENT – Jeremy Workman hits it out of the park with a film about some friends who lived in a hidden apartment in a mall---for years
BEEKEEPER Jason Statham joy is about a government agent who shows some bad people they messed with the wrong person. Pure joyous violence
CREEP BOX unnerving thriller about a company making a machine that will simulate people who have died. Trust me this will mess you up
TEMPLE WOODS GANG Echoing a 1970’s crime thriller this is about some friends who decide to rob a Saudi prince and have to go wrong-really wrong
DANDELIONS a documentary about finding your birth family and having it go way different than you expect
BERTA- mean feminist short
Kadono Eiko’s Colorful Life: Finding the Magic Within – a joyous film about a joyous woman. You will smile for days
FOR ALICE has Tai Bo and Kuku So giving performances for the ages in two souls who unexpectedly meet
ALL THE LONG NIGHTS is the story of two broken people who meet and heal each other...and its not a romance
MADE IN ENGLAND a look at the works of Powell and Pressberger will make you fall in love with the movies
The needle drop of the theme from the Alain Deleon Zorro in the Casa Bonita doc made me stupidly and joyously happy for no rational reason other than it made me feel seen.
FOLLOWING HARRY is a look Harry Belefonte and the people who are continuing his work.
MY BEST FRIEND- what happens when best friends sleep together. This short needs to be a feature
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