A Banquet - Movie Review

The Movie: A Banquet

The Director: Ruth Paxton

The Cast: Sienna Guillory, Jessica Alexander, Ruby Stokes, Lindsay Duncan

The Story: Widowed mother Holly is radically tested when her teenage daughter Betsey experiences a profound enlightenment and insists that her body is no longer her own, but in service to a higher power.

Changing Directions 2022 Filmmaker Interview Series featuring Martika Ramirez Escobar Director of Leonor Will Never Die

Episode 2.5

Welcome to the Changing Directions filmmaker interview series! Martika Ramirez Escobar checks in all the way from Manila in the Philippines to talk about her debut feature film, Leonor Will Never Die. The movie was an official selection of the 2022 Sundance Film Festival and won the World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Innovative Spirit just days after this interview took place.

Seobok: Project Clone / 서복 - Movie Review

The Movie: Seobok: Project Clone / 서복

The Director: Lee Yong-ju

The Cast: Gong Yoo, Park Bo-gum, Jo Woo-jin, Jang Young-nam, Park Byung-eun

The Story: Ex intelligence agent Ki Heon is tasked with safely transporting Seo Bok, the first ever human clone, who holds the secret of eternal life. Several forces try to take control of Seo Bok to serve their own agendas.

Catch the Fair One - Movie Review

The Movie: Catch the Fair One

The Director: Josef Kubota Wladyka

The Cast Kali Reis, Daniel Henshall, Tiffany Chu, Michael Drayer, Shelito Vincent, Lisa Emery, Kimberly Guerrero, and Kevin Dunn

The Story: A former boxer embarks on the fight of her life when she goes in search of her missing sister.

Changing Directions 2022 Filmmaker Interview Series featuring Emily and Sarah Kunstler, Directors of Who We Are: A Chronicle of Race in America

Episode 2.4

Welcome to episode four of the Changing Directions filmmaker interview series! This episode features a conversation with Emily and Sarah Kunstler, the directors of Who We Are: A Chronicle of Race in America. I had the honor of speaking with the co-directors/sisters about working with Jeffery Robinson to adapt his legendary talk into a feature length documentary.