Ford v Ferrari (Mangold, 2019)
I spent just over half of Ford v Ferrari comparing the film to the inferior, cliché-ridden version of itself that I assumed going in that it would be. Eventually, I… Continue reading "Ford v Ferrari (Mangold, 2019)"
Category: Film Festivals
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The Report — Filmfest 919
There is a painful laugh-out-loud moment near the end of The Report, Scott Z. Burns’s docudrama about the Senate Oversight Committee’s attempts to investigate the CIA’s use of torture in… Continue reading "The Report — Filmfest 919"
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Filmfest 919 Back for Year Two
Last year’s inaugural Filmfest 919 managed to provide early screening opportunities for the eventual Academy Award winner (Green Book) as well as the film that took home the North Carolina… Continue reading "Filmfest 919 Back for Year Two"
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Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins (Engel, 2019) — Full Frame 2019
Raise Hell is the film I kinda hoped that Life Itself would be: angry, funny, sad, and insightful. It probes the life of its subject, always celebrating Ivins and her… Continue reading "Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins (Engel, 2019) — Full Frame 2019"
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Jim Allison: Breakthrough (Haney, 2019) — Full Frame 2019
Whenever I attend a film festival, particularly the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, I try to schedule at least one film near the beginning or the end with the potential… Continue reading "Jim Allison: Breakthrough (Haney, 2019) — Full Frame 2019"
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All About Nina (Vives, 2018)
Nina (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) might be described as an angrier, more messed up version of Amy in Trainwreck. In the first few scenes of the movie, she comes off stage… Continue reading "All About Nina (Vives, 2018)"
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Boy Erased (Edgerton, 2018)
Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper” is the harrowing, autobiographically inspired story of a woman suffering from postpartum depression who is confined against her will and whose “treatment” drives her… Continue reading "Boy Erased (Edgerton, 2018)"
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Destroyer (Kusama, 2018)
Movie lovers at Chapel Hill’s Filmfest 919 got an early look at Destroyer , a crime drama sure to generate awards buzz for the barely recognizable Nicole Kidman, who plays… Continue reading "Destroyer (Kusama, 2018)"
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Full Frame 2018 – The Pushouts and In Cold Blood
The Pushouts — Kate Galloway and Dawn Valadez (2018) Education opens doors to all areas of life. What happens if students drop out or are ‘pushed out’ by the system?… Continue reading "Full Frame 2018 – The Pushouts and In Cold Blood"
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Full Frame 2018 — Six Documentaries to Look for in 2018
Full Frame is a documentary lover's paradise, an oasis of smart, thoughtful, often probing films that nestled in early April between the January post-awards dumping ground and the May launch of summer action movies.