The 34th Edition of NewFest, New York’s largest presenter of LGBTQ+ film & media and the largest convener of LGBTQ+ audiences in the city kicked off yesterday with the World Premiere of Mama’s Boy A Story of Our Americas. This film, an adaption of Oscar-winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black’s best selling memoir … Continue reading
OUTshine Film Festival in Fort Lauderdale is the younger sibling of the Miami Edition, and this is its 15th Edition. Like most of South Florida, the city is very diverse and that’s reflected in the very compelling program that appeals to not only everyone on the LGBTQ+ spectrum, but also the Latino and Hispanic … Continue reading
Jacques Audiard’s 13th District is a strange, fascinating movie, with the definite touch of a great film director, a mysterious painting set in dreamy aesthetics, a shadow floating through the light, a black and white journey between Love, Lust, and Lightness. 13th District is the photography of bursting new lives, of young human … Continue reading
Full-time is an achievement of realistic cinema at its pinnacle. In this film, writer/director Eric Gravel directs a lonely heroine burning herself out between work and bringing two young children during a general strike in France, reminiscing of the most recent 2019 general strike. The result is a strong and realistic … Continue reading
When Time Got Louder is a brilliant, both heart-breaking and heart-warming, Canadian drama by award-winning director Connie Cocchia. She tells the story of a family dealing with the daily ups and downs of living with a neuro-diverse child. Mark (Lochlyn Munro) and Tish (Elizabeth Mitchell) have two grown-up children, nineteen-year-old Abbie (Willow Shields) and … Continue reading