Daily Archives: January 21, 2025

Movie Preview: A twist on the remote house full of people who can’t make it “Until Dawn”

Peter Stormare is in this “Fresh Faces of 2025” sinister swing into the supernatural.

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Movie Preview: Ayo Edebiri, Juliette Lewis and Malkovich and his magnum cult “Opus”

Aged and reclusive pop icon comes out of seclusion for an”event” for the “select few.” Have Kanye or Madonna thought of this? The debut feature of Mark Anthony Green is built around a comedy central star, and John Malkovich. March … Continue reading

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Movie Review: A 1970 “radical” family working through their issues — “Three Birthdays”

“Radical” politics — sexual, racial and otherwise — Vietnam, the first Earth Day, the sexual revolution, “female solidarity” and Kent State are the backdrop of “Three Birthdays,” a downbeat family melodrama about the day “The Sixties Died.” Writer-director Jane Weinstock … Continue reading

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Documentary Review: An Italian who inspired Tarantino, “Piero Vivarelli: Life as a B-Movie”

Piero Vivarelli was an Italian B-movie filmmaker, a “genre” director who dabbled in several genres, most famous (at home) for his musicarello pop and rock movies of the 60s. If you’ve never heard of Rita Pavone, Tony Renis, Mina and … Continue reading

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