DRESSED
This is a documentary about one young man following his dream to become a fashion designer and show his Collection at New York Fashion Week. He’s Nary Manivong who has never even worked in the industry at all, and is totally unqualified, unprepared and ridiculous underfinanced. All he has is the $5000 that he has … Continue reading
DRIVE
The brilliant opening sequence when three men are in the getaway car escaping from a heist and being driven at reckless speeds through the streets of LA with such a cool determined proficiency that sets the pace for what’s to follow in this wee rather bloody movie. The Driver … and he is never called … Continue reading
Driveways : the forming of an intergenerational friendship
For his sophomore feature film director Andrew Ahn took a great leap from his award-winning debut. Spa Night was an exceptional coming-out story of a young Korean/American man who was confused at having a foot in different cultures and as such Ahn’s sympathetic and nuanced tale was a refreshing take on it all. Driveways … Continue reading
DRUNKTOWN’S FINEST @ Sundance
‘Sick Boy’ wants to enlist in the Military to provide for his girlfriend and their baby on the way but he keeps slipping into his old habits which get him into trouble. Nizhini was adopted and spent most of her adolescence boarding in private schools far away and is obsessed with locating her birth family. … Continue reading
DUCK BEACH TO ETERNITY
Spring Break is a somewhat notorious vacation when college students head to the sun and just party wildly to dawn every day. Its primary aim seems to be one of excess, whether it be alcohol, partying or just sex and cramming as much of all three into one single week. Hard then to imagine what … Continue reading