There was a substantial buzz around this film out of Telluride last year but I’m glad I was able to go into this blindly. Loosely based on the 1987 novel Strangers by Taichi Yamada, writer/director Andrew Haigh captures the theme of loss, loneliness, and love with such a piercing emotional impact. Haigh transplants the story …
Tag: LGBTQ films
FlixChatter Review: UNCLE FRANK (2020)
I had the privilege of seeing this film at Twin Cities Film Fest last October, one of the three films I saw on the big screen. I had come into it blindly, not having seen a trailer or even read in details what it's about at all or even seen the trailer. I find that …
Portrait of A Lady on Fire (2019)
Written & Directed by: Céline Sciamma Winner of last year’s queer palm at Cannes, Portrait of a Lady of Fire creates something new. By using the form of a period piece, Sciamma was able to create something contemporary. Set in the late 1700’s on a remote island, Marianne (Noèmie Merlant) is commissioned to paint a …
TCFF19: DAY 2 Recap + Reviews: Well-Groomed doc | Black Hat + Misdirection (short)
It's another gorgeous Autumn day for the second day of TCFF! It's an extra special day for me as the short film I helped produced last year, MASTER SERVANT was screened last under under the ALL THE WRONG PLACES short block, which was sold out! In fact, TCFF is adding a second screening of that …
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