A few days before a screening invitation arrived for this movie, I stumbled upon a news story about José Hernández, the first Mexican-American migrant farm worker to travel to space as a NASA astronaut. I was immediately taken by his warm, humble, and affable nature, so I was thrilled to see his historic journey portrayed …
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Streaming Picks: Peace By Chocolate (2022) and Otherhood (2019)
Happy first full week of September! 🍂 Time for another mini-review of movies I saw on streaming recently. PEACE BY CHOCOLATE (2022) Based on a true story of the Hadhad family who fled war-torn Lebanon after the family's chocolate factory is bombed, the movie opens with a scene of Tareq Hadhad (Ayham Abou Ammar) during …
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Streaming Picks: LOU (2022) and CARMEN (2021) – These two female-led films directed by women are well worth your time
It's the hottest week in Minnesota (the heat index is over 100 which I'm not used to) so I spend time hibernating and catching up on movies I've been wanting to check out for ages. Of course, I prioritize those #directedbywomen for my 52 Films By Women challenge (6 movies so far this month, woot!!). …
FlixChatter Review: The Pod Generation (2023) – Emilia Clarke + Chiwetel Ejiofor have an AI-powered baby in this kooky sci-fi satire
The term AI was introduced over six decades ago in the 50s but it has heavily dominated the zeitgeist like never before. The Pod Generation is set in the near future where technology and artificial intelligence has taken over daily life while nature quickly vanishes into oblivion. Written and directed by Sophie Barthes, the movie …
Trio female-directed movie reviews: You Hurt My Feelings + The Mother + The Colour Room
Welcome to another trio-reviews edition on FlixChatter. I'll be doing this more often as there are so many movies I want to write about, but some days I only have time to write mini-reviews. You Hurt My Feelings Written/directed by: Nicole Holofcener I so wanted to see this before it left theaters and thankfully I …
#MSPIFF42 Review: FLAMIN’ HOT – Eva Longoria’s directorial debut is a zesty feel-good movie with an empowering message
There have been an increasing amount of stranger-than-fiction origin stories lately… with AIR, Tetris, Blackberry, and even the popular Frito-Lay spicy snacks, Flamin’ Hot. I have to admit I can’t handle spicy stuff (yes I know, my fellow Indonesian friends make fun of me ALL the time), so I have never even tasted Flamin’ Hot …
Happy International Women’s Day! Musings on female representation in Hollywood + celebrating female filmmakers
Happy International Women's Day everyone! As a female movie fan and film critic, as well as someone who's dabbled in filmmaking, I'd like to take the opportunity to talk about where we are in terms of female representation. I have lamented in my Oscars nomination musings that Hollywood once again ignored female filmmakers with the …
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