TRIBECA 2024: five feature film world premieres
by Gary M. Kramer, Staff Writer
Here is a rundown of five films that had their World Premieres at the Tribeca Festival.
TRIBECA 2024: short films program
by Gary M. Kramer, Staff Writer
The shorts programs at the Tribeca Film Festival are uniformly strong and this year’s program was no exception
TRIBECA 2024 showcases a trio of impressive latin american films
by Gary M. Kramer, Staff Writer
Gary shares his first dispatch from this year’s Tribeca fest.
TRIBECA 2024: Gary's Flick Picks
by Gary M. Kramer, Staff Writer
What I enjoy most about attending film festivals is discovering a film that may not get distribution.
FORCE OF NATURE: THE DRY 2 offers little more than nice looking locations
by Gary M. Kramer, Staff Writer
Force of Nature: The Dry 2 proves more is less.
Interview: DEADLY JUSTICE screenwriter Corin Nemec
by Gary M. Kramer, Staff Writer
Corin Nemec, who was Emmy nominated for I Know My First Name is Steven in 1989 and played the title character on TV’s Parker Lewis Can’t Lose in the 90’s, wrote the screenplay for Deadly Justice. The actor turned screenwriter spoke with MovieJawn about his new film, which marries true crime and the wrongly accused plot.
Spring 2024 Zine Sneak Peek: Todd Verow on Viewing Nudity in Film
by Gary M. Kramer, Staff Writer
For 25 years, Todd Verow has been writing, directing, producing and starring in films that feature extensive, extended and even explicit nudity.
5LBS OF PRESSURE is en empty exercise
by Gary M. Kramer, Staff Writer
5lbs of Pressure features several characters who are remorseful. Viewers who see this film all the way through will likely feel deep regret.
SUPERSEX offers a fresh, albeit a bit squeaky clean, coming-of-age story set in the porn industry
by Gary M. Kramer, Staff Writer
Netflix’s Supersex tells a coming-of-age story in the porn industry.
CRUEL INTENTIONS at 25 remains indulgent and playful
by Gary M. Kramer, Staff Writer
Kimble’s film proves that a contemporary reworking of Choderlos de Laclos’ novel lends itself quite well to the teen film genre.
MIGHTNIGHT PEEPSHOW focuses more on bloodshed than erotic thrills
by Gary M. Kramer, Staff Writer
Midnight Peepshow may suggest a thriller filled with deep, dark, dirty sexual fantasies, but this anthology film delivers more violence than sex.
Interview: Diego Tinoco on BAD HOMBRES, making indies, and Latino representation
by Gary M. Kramer, Staff Writer
In a recent interview, the up-and-coming actor, who appeared in the TV series On My Block, and in the film Knights of the Zodiac, spoke with MovieJawn about making Bad Hombres.
21 POSITIONS examines the sex life of a couple over time
by Gary M. Kramer, Staff Writer
Director Néster Ruiz Medina, who cowrote the script with his two leads, creates an almost documentary-like approach here, observing this couple in their environment with 21 single-take sequences.
Gary's Best of 2023
by Gary M. Kramer, Staff Writer
The films that impressed me most this year were ones that made me think and get emotional. Here is a rundown, in alphabetical order of my favorite films of the year.
RUTHLESS is an enjoyable, low-rent version of NOBODY
by Gary M. Kramer, Staff Writer
Mulroney is the key reason to see Ruthless because he plays Harry with grit and a scrappy determination that belies his characters’ polite demeanor.
SHARE? is a stripped down thriller about our social media dystopia
by Gary M. Kramer, Staff Writer
Director Ira Rosensweig uses a fixed camera for the duration of Share?, an absorbing, intriguing drama that questions our social need to be online all the time.
THE BIG CLOCK mixes "wrong man" thrills with noir nihilism
by Gary M. Kramer, Staff Writer
The Big Clock, from 1948, opens as a quintessential noir. There is a city skyline seen at night, with black smoke drifting through the frame as the camera pans towards a mid-Century office building.
BLACK NOISE is an underwhelming sci-fi slasher
by Gary M. Kramer, Staff Writer
Had the characters worked through their guilt and traumas, Black Noise might have been more compelling.
THE DELINQUENTS invites the audience to spend time with its characters
by Gary M. Kramer, Staff Writer
The Delinquents is full of lovely little scenes to be appreciated, but after three hours the payoff may not be satisfying. However, for some, the film will continue in one’s head, and that makes it worth watching.
Read MoreMoving MORE THAN EVER tenderly dramatizes coping with death
by Gary M. Kramer, Staff Writer
More Than Ever is a thoughtful examination of how a young French couple grapples with life when one has a terminal illness.