Friday, June 15, 2018

The Place - SIFF 2018 Capsule Review



The Movie: The Place

The Director: Paolo Genovese

The Cast: Valerio Mastandrea, Marco Giallini, Alba Rorhwarcher, Vittoria Puccini, Rocco Papaleo

The Story: The fates of an apparently random group of strangers who each come into contact with a mysterious figure who they believe possesses the power to grant any wish, in return for which they must carry out a task he assigns them.

Thursday, June 14, 2018

Bodied - SIFF 2018 Movie Review



The Movie: Bodied

The Director: Joseph Kahn

The Cast: Calum Worthy, Jackie Long, Rory Uphold, Jonathan Park, Walter Perez, Shoniqua Shandai, Anthony Michael Hall

The Story: A progressive graduate student finds success and sparks outrage when his interest in battle rap as a thesis subject becomes a competitive obsession.

Wednesday, June 13, 2018

The Last Suit (El último traje) - SIFF 2018 Capsule Review



The Movie: The Last Suit (El último traje)

The Director: Pablo Solarz

The Cast: Miguel Ángel Solá, Ángela Molina, Martín Piroyansky, Natalia Verbeke, Olga Boladz

The Story: An 88 year-old Jewish tailor, runs away from Buenos Aires to Poland, where he proposes to find a friend who saved him from certain death at the end of World War II.

People's Republic of Desire - SIFF 2018 Capsule Review



The Documentary: People's Republic of Desire

The Director: Hao Wu

The Story: As an entire generation has come of age on social media, virtual relationships are slowly replacing real-life human connections. And China has taken it to an extreme.

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