I recently had the opportunity to attend my first Sonoma International Film Festival. The festival, which celebrated its 25th year, ran for five days March 23 through March 27. More than 120 films were screened with more than 80 of them premiering at the festival. Films were screened at seven different venues, all within a…
Military-themed movies don’t come more retro than Greyhound, starring Tom Hanks as the captain of a U.S. naval destroyer escorting a convoy of supply ships to WWII-torn England that comes under attack by a wolf-pack of Nazi submarines. I’ve always been a sucker for “submarine” movies. One of my earliest movie memories is of seeing…
Stop me if you’ve heard this one – a shy, nerdy high school senior secretly pines for the “popular” girl at his school and makes a fool of himself (well, he throws up on her) when he tries to talk to her. Ok, how about this one – a shy, nerdy high school senior tries…
If you think paying taxes sucks now, just wait till 2035 when the government has figured out how to tax your dreams. That’s the jumping off point for Albert Birney & Kentucker Audley’s Strawberry Mansion, one of the featured narrative films at this year’s SFFILM Festival. The festival, which is North America’s longest running, was…
Netflix’s Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal is an odd film. It’s part documentary, part docu-drama, and all absolutely infuriating. Director Chris Smith uses interviews and dramatic recreations to tell the story of the great College Admissions Scandal of 2019 in which elite members of the business, law, and entertainment communities used the “consulting…
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