Film
Now, more than a year after Kabul fell, Afghanistan, where a conflict media-branded as “America’s longest war” waged for twenty years, barely makes the news.
Two recent film releases, both submitted by their countries for the Best International Feature Film Oscar, offer variations on no-man’s-land.
In addition to being a clever paranormal thriller, Something in the Dirt is a brilliant commentary on our burgeoning world of content creation.
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is miraculous, in that it’s a Marvel movie that doesn’t come across as a link of sausage plopped wetly out of the Disney grinder.
From Mobile to Mars, from the mind of Robin Williams to the rise and fall of a Pez entrepreneur, and with a side trip to Newton South High.
Amanda Kramer’s created a thoroughly campy and celebratory ode to queerness that stands as both a timely political statement and a genuinely well-crafted piece of independent filmmaking.
A wrap-up of the London Film Festival that focuses on two favorites, Inland and The Store.
Both of these films explore the theme of difficult males and resilient, caregiving females.
It is pretty clear that this Canadian band was not in the right place at the right time, despite the ferocious energy and speed of its music and sublime performances.
This little-seen film, disturbing, uncompromising, often darkly funny, should be recognized as one of the most original American independent films of this century.
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