Triple Threat is a very modern story about three friends, Chloe (Stacey Maltin), Maggie (Margarita Zhitnikova) and Gus (Jay DeYonker), who meet whilst at college in New York. Chloe and Maggie develop a musical together, Firefly, and following a threesome with Chloe and her boyfriend, Gus joins the cast. This happens after the existing … Continue reading
This rather enchanting Brazilian dramedy is about three smart urban professionals who are not only best friends, but also neighbors in a trendy São Paulo apartment building. As they are also very self-absorbed, it is no-wonder that all three of them are having relationship issues with their partners. Julia (Maria Laura Nogueira) hates confrontations and so has chosen to ignore … Continue reading
The movie and TV industry are supersensitive nowadays about any actor (or executive) who is accused of making unwanted sexual advances or inflammatory speeches. In the past few weeks the Networks didn’t wait a single second to fire actor Chris Noth and comedian Jeff Garlin for such inappropriate behavior (at the time of writing … Continue reading
One of the reasons that this comic drama falls quite short of being really funny is that it is about two extreme stereotypes who are the focus of a very thin plot that holds no surprises or twists once the main thrust of the story has been revealed at the very beginning. It’s essentially the … Continue reading
For her debut feature film Emma Seligman adapted her only brilliant funny short SHIVA BABY so successfully that she picked up the Best Screenplay Award at Outfest this year. We always knew that ‘jews’ and ‘gays’ usually make good ingredients for comedy especially ones that take aim at both communities, but rarely do they … Continue reading
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