Is this going to the film that provides justice for David Oyelowo losing out on an Oscar nomination for his towering performance in Selma? One can only hope as he manages to impress and inspire in the trailer alone for…
Movie Review: Hell or High Water
Dust billows in waves in David Mackenzie’s newest scorcher Hell or High Water a film that manages to captivate the second the first frame pops into frame. Equal parts heist thriller and meditations on life and what it means to…
Movie Review: Pete’s Dragon
David Lowery might have been born in the wrong decade. The writer/director made waves in 2013 with his breakthrough film Ain’t Them Bodies Saints, a Badlands-esque drama set in the sun-drenched backdrop of 1970s Louisiana with open range, low lighting in…
Finding Her Voice Episode Three: The Namesake
Hello and welcome to TYF’s newest podcast series, Finding Her Voice. Joined by editor in chief Gabrielle Bondi and film and television writer Alana Jane Chase, we’ve come together to highlight, celebrate and discuss films directed by women. From the…
Movie Review: Jason Bourne
The best piece of characterization in Jason Bourne happens in the opening scene of the film inside an illegal underground boxing circuit where his talents are maximized for profit. The look on his face says it all, he can hurt…
A Scanner Darkly: 10 Year Anniversary
In the author’s note of Philip K. Dick’s A Scanner Darkly the author states, “drug misuse is not a disease, it is a decision, like the decision to step out in front of a moving car.” The book is among…
Movie Review: Captain Fantastic
In order to exploit as much enjoyment out of Matt Ross’s Captain Fantastic, a viewer has to first set aside their irritation at the single minded nature of just about all of the adult characters. When a film is so…