5 min movie guide
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LIFE 2 :0
For the people who just do not like the life that they have ended up with, there is now another way out. They can join the 20 million people who have become ‘Second Lifer’s’ and create their own avatar in a cyber make-believe world where they can be anything/body they want. Jason Spingarn-Koff’s morbidly curious documentary…
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THE DEBT
A fascinating thriller that in its plot pitches good (Israel’s Mossed Secret Service) against evil (a notorious Nazi War Criminal) and in its telling, which flashes back between the past and the future, and pitches 3 excellent older actors against young ‘un’s playing the younger versions of their characters. The Debt is a great story…
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CIRCUMSTANCE
This coming-of-age story tells of two teenage girls, who are best friends, dealing with all the restrictions of growing up in Iran today. The girls are exploring their emerging sexuality as they become part of Tehran’s underground party scene. When an older brother straight out of drug rehab becomes a religious zealot and even joins…
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A SUMMER IN GENOA
The movie opens with disaster obviously about to strike, and it does very soon when a mother driving her two daughters gets distracted and crashes and kills herself. Dad uproots the family from Chicago home to spend a summer teaching in Genoa hoping that there they can collectively try to overcome their loss. Beautifully shot…
