During the opening passages of Mike Flanagan’s adaptation of “The Life of Chuck” by Stephen King, panic and melancholy spread around…
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The last time we heard from A 516 Productions and filmmaker Paul Santoli, it was reviewing his heartfelt comedy “Because…
“The Visitor” is a 2007 indie arthouse film that deals in simplistic reality. It was written and directed by Tom…
Best described as “Girls Will Be Girls” but from a Māori perspective, screenwriter and cartoonist Maddie Dai’s feature length outing…
In “Les Trois Valseurs,” Agnès, a heartbroken widow shares a night with Jean, a male sex worker. She only asks…
After making many of us shed tears until our eyes ran dry with “Past Lives,” acclaimed stage director and Oscar-nominated…
Trapped in a loveless marriage and repulsed by the repetitive need to conform, Uma (Radhika Apte), a newly wed bride,…
A curious trend emerged across several films at this year’s Tribeca Festival: characters retreating to places not just to escape,…
Best known for her Oscar-nominated documentary short “Sing!” (2001) as well as for the surreal short “End of the Line”…
By now, the image of a couple—or two—retreating into the wilderness for a therapeutic weekend has gone from serious indie…