Month: May 2022

Of Rice and Men: a review of Funan

Funan Directed by Denis Do Written by Denis Do, Magali Pouzol, Elise Trinh Produced by Sébastien Onomo, David Grumbach, Annemie Degryse, Louise Génis Cosserat, Justin Stewart Starring Bérénice Bejo, Louis Garrel Music by Thibault Kientz Agyeman Production companies Les Films d’ici, Sébastien Onomo, Bac Films Distributed by Bac Films (France), Lumière (Belgium) Running time 84 …

Of condors and men with metal skin: a review of Pachamama

Pachamama Directed by Juan Antin Written by Christophe Poujol & Juan Antin Produced by Didier Brunner Starring Adam Moussamih, Charli Birdgenaw, Vlasta Vrana Music by Pierre Hamon Production company Folivari Distributed by Netflix Running time 72 minutes Countries France, Luxembourg, Canada Languages English & French Pachamama is another of those little treasures that would have …

What’s he building in there? A review of Night Sky

Night Sky Created by Holden Miller, Daniel C. Connolly Directed by Juan José Campanella Starring Sissy Spacek, J. K. Simmons, Chai Hansen, Adam Bartley, Julieta Zylberberg, Sonya Walger, Rocío Hernández, Kiah McKirnan, Beth Lacke, Stephen Louis Grush, Cass Buggé Executive producers Daniel C. Connolly, Holden Miller, Jimmy Miller, Sam Hansen, Juan José Campanella Production companies …

Eve of Deconstruction: a review of The Adam Project

Eve of Deconstruction: a review of The Adam Project Directed by Shawn Levy Written by Jonathan Tropper, T.S. Nowlin, Jennifer Flackett, Mark Levin Produced by David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, Don Granger, Shawn Levy, Ryan Reynolds Cinematography Tobias Schliessler Edited by Dean Zimmerman, Jonathan Corn Music by Rob Simonsen Production companies Skydance Media, Maximum Effort, 21 …

Revisits — A second look at some top series of recent note

Revisits A second look at some top series of recent note. Russian Doll: Natasha Lyonne is an incandescently good actor, comfortable in dramatic and comedic roles. The long-awaited second season cannot capture the sense of originality that the first had, but is witty, intelligent, and well worth the wait. Like many other shows in this …