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all of the accolades that it has that s not a knock more the realization that the film is covering the same ground as numerous other films about the state of journalism in russia i ve seen this story before though not quite as detailed as this 6ish hour presentation this is not to knock the film or imply that it is bad only to state that if you ve seen some of the other films on the subject you know what you are going to find here the film is very much worth seeing a sequel is due soon and it picks up the story of the journalists who fled russia when their position became untenable in the wake of the ukraine conflict posted by steve kopian at may 02 2026 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels biography russia social issues friday may 1 2026 far from maine 2026 plays the atlanta film festival 2026 tomorrow filmmaker roy cohen tells the story of his life in israel with his partner and son in the wake of the october 7 attacks the couple had moved there because it was a good place to be a same sex couple starting a family however as violence escalated in the wake of the attacks cohen and his husband are forced to make some serious choices about their future as he remembers a friend who he met in maine and was lost to the violence this is a gut punch film a story with no easy answers and no easy through line it s a film that makes it very clear that what we are seeing on the tv news is nowhere near the whole story there is more going on than can be covered in a two minute news clip i ve been wrestling with this film for a couple of weeks now i mean that in the best sort of way this is not a film that you can simply see and then move on instead this is a film that raises a ton of issues and thrashes about trying to sort them out none of the answers when we get an answer are easy even the simplest and most basic such as we agreed to leave if the violence came back and it has are we actually going to leave isn t simply answered since things have changed from when that agreement was made this is a film that very clearly shows that even the simplest most obvious choices are not something that can be made simply i was and i am rocked i am rocked so much that i have been staring at a blank screen for weeks now trying to explain how magnificent this film is this is one of the best films of the situation is israel because it doesn t sugar coat anything nor does it come in with any agenda except that of a family trapped between warring factions an absolute must see film far from maine is highly recommended posted by steve kopian at may 01 2026 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels documentary israel social issues war in the mood for love is playing the lincoln center tony leung retrospective wong kar wai s visually stunning romance follows two people as they grow closer and closer as they hash out whether their spouses are having an affair forget it the film doesn t do what you expect it doesn t act like you expect its a film that is ultimately unique and unto itself its a love story where the lovers really never do anything but talk i really like this film it was my first trip into the realm of wong kar wai and it came at the insistence of eden who really liked the film she was right to insist that i see the film since its a film that really helped me break down my expectations about what films should do i should mention that i had to try to watch this film for the first time on dvd and was annoyed by it s refusal to do anything other than what it was doing why aren t these people getting together why is the film framed the way it is why is there an occasional insistence on form over content i didn t know and was fighting it at every turn then i talked to eden who told be to let all my expectations go and just watch the film let it be and i would be surprised i did and i was in it s way this is one of the most romantic films you ll ever see why is it that the unrequited or unacted upon romances are the sexiest my guess would be is that you get to have all of the slow burn and chances to show interest with out all of the smarmy kissy kissy stuff for me this is one of those movies where i keep thinking this is the sort of emotion i d want to feel in my relationship its a damn near perfect romance in the special features of the criterion dvd are several deleted scenes one of which is a sequence which was set many years after the fact where our two near lovers meet again its a great sequence but when it s done you ll be very happy that they left it out of the film it s not that the sequence is bad its quite good it s just that the sequence radically alters everything that happened before and makes a great film an okay one as it stands now this is a great film if you want a real romance with real people give this film a shot it will amaze you posted by steve kopian at may 01 2026 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels hong kong repost romance tony leung thursday april 30 2026 humboldt usa 2026 first look 2026 visions du reel 2026 the name humboldt echoes through the world places and creatures were all named for scientist alexander von humboldt the grandfather of ecology who preached the interconnectedness of all things director g anthoy svatek looks at the life of humboldt and his ideas by looking at three places that bear his name humboldt county in nevada where scientists are monitoring big horn sheep humboldt parkway in buffalo new york where a huge roadway is disrupting the air quality of millions and the humboldt redwoods where scientists try to understand the eco system as it s being compromised by loggers and other humans this is a very good look at how small groups of people are trying to protect the environment around them because the larger government and big business couldn t be bothered it s a film that reveals we are all in this together and if we wat to make strides we are going to have to step up and do something ourselves worth a look posted by steve kopian at april 30 2026 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels documentary first look festival 2026 science social issues visions du reel 2026 ariela rubin on one spoonful of chocolate 2025 the first ten minutes of one spoon of chocolate were so intense and gruesome that i almost walked out of the theater i decided to stay and the next day i am still thinking about it the film stars unique played by shameik moore who i wasn t familiar with but i thought he was excellent in the role unique was just released from prison and is on parole he convinces his parole officer to let him relocate to ohio to live with his cousin ramsey his only remaining family he lands in a small town called karensville unsure if this is a real town name or was used to set the scene i m going to guess the second what starts as a hopeful fresh start quickly turns into the opposite while playing basketball at the community center unique and ramsey are confronted by a group of white men who spew racist slurs and demand they leave as well as give up their ball and sneakers unique says they ll leave but refuses the rest and shortly after a fight breaks out unique wins that fight but things only escalate from there the group sets out on a violent racially driven mission to destroy them and ideally kill them as the story unfolds we learn the whole town is complicit from the liquor store worker to the coroner and worst of all the sheriff who is the father of the group s leader this film is very very disturbing the racism and violence are extreme there s illegal organ trafficking the sadness is heavy most of the time it feels hopeless for the black characters when every part of the system is against them i m not sure i can say i liked this movie but i didn t hate it either what i can say is that i felt incredibly tense the entire time i had to cover my eyes during several scenes which i saw others doing and i was worried i would have nightmares thankfully i did not there are brief moments of hope especially when unique decides to fight back that part of the film had the audience cheering clapping and even laughing just as you feel hopeful that the story might end well the film ends abruptly which is unsatisfying i wouldn t call this film enjoyable what i can say is that it made me feel tense angry nauseous sad and at times hopeful it s also one that makes you think about racism and violence in the us it s a brutal film and not one i would have ever sought out on my own i went to the premiere and afterward rza who directed it asked the audience if the film made them uncomfortable many people said yes it seemed like he accomplished what he wanted to posted by steve kopian at april 30 2026 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels ariela repost thriler wednesday april 29 2026 salt along the tongue 2024 opens friday salt along the tongue is truly a one of a kind film nominally a horror film with a food chaser the film also is a feminist exploration of the relationships of women of memory of life and of family its a film that is full of ideas that are seemingly all over the place but at the same time it weaves everything together it s a unique tapestry however like any unique work of art it may not click for everyone i completely understand why in the various review aggravating sites have the film with rating dead in the middle between good and bad this is a film that you either love or hate the plot of the film has a teen aged girl moving in with her aunt after her mother s death however the mother didn t die naturally and she wants her daughter to remain safe as she moves among a group of women who love food and other things apologies if that isn t as detailed as it should be i say that because there is a lot going on here and it s hard to simply explain it without under explaining it or over explaining it personally i admire this film more than i love it i adore that it is the work of director with singular world view i love that the film does things that no other film has done at the same time the film didn t fully connect to me i wasn t moved the way i should have been yes i can see how good the film is but at the same time it s not for me and while it may not have worked for me i know it will work for some of you i say that because watching it i found myself making a list of friends to tell about the film this is exactly the sort of film that unseen films was started to highlight one of a kind films that needs to find its audience if you want a horror film that might change the way you see the world try salt along the tongue posted by steve kopian at april 29 2026 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels australia horror infernal affairs is playing the lincoln center tony leung retrospective you ve seen this right this is the story of a cop who goes deep undercover and joins the triads it s also the story of a gang member who goes undercover as a cop after years in deep deep cover each discovers the existence of the other sending the pair and their organizations on a collision course you seen this right no seeing the over rated oscar winning film the departed doesn t count come on you haven t seen this why haven t you seen this this is the real deal this is one of those films that comes out of asia every couple of years and changes everything in it s wake this is a perfect paced film running almost an hour shorter than it s bloated remake it s a film that has style to burn actually the film s flaw is that it has so much style that it pretty much overwhelms the intricate plot i remember writing a review not long after the film came out where i talked about how the film s style drives so much of the film during the first hour that when the plot takes over during a tense roof top confrontation the film feels like it s lost something it s only on a second viewing that you realize that bump isn t as bad as you thought and that it s more like the release of a roller coaster car from the lifting chain at the top of the first hill after all if the film didn t work the revelations toward the end wouldn t be so upsetting trust me the end almost always brings an oh shit from everyone who s seen it i love this film its neat and clean and economical don t get me wrong i like the departed but i don t love it its too big a film with too many characters it drones on and on and i was 90 minutes in wondering when it was all going to end since it just went on and on infernal affairs on the other hand moves like the wind there are only enough characters as the story needs if you want an example of how good the film is watch one of the opening scenes with the moles on the inside and the outside of a big meeting trying to warn their real bosses about what is going down that they suddenly realize that there is a mole in the other side the one scene has more tension than almost any other american crime film of the last ten years its a masterpiece of film making has time and the fact that the film has been copied lessened its impact perhaps slightly on the other hand i semi recently saw this film again and i found it still rocks it s still a film that people are copying think i m kidding i m not the new york asian film festival recently had a panel discussion about the film and it s impact see this film if you re in the new york city area make an effort and go see this it at the tony leung retrospective posted by steve kopian at april 29 2026 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels hong kong repost thriller tony leung tuesday april 28 2026 eden miller on mile end kicks 2026 days later i m still laughing about that adrian tomine the strand tote bag i was more of a r sikoryak the strand tote bag girl but you know i would say that 2011 was the last year i was even trying to be a professional writer i had a few gigs that were paying me something and i had a job at an online website that i did part time this was so little money but given i had a full time job that barely paid anything well it felt like a good hustle i was also in my younger years someone who wanted to be a music journalist i didn t pursue it for a lot of reasons some of that was on me some of that was on reality but look i m still quoted in the reception section of the wikipedia page for poe s haunted which i still make sure is still there is every so often am i making this movie all about me yes that s the point and i love it it s 2011 and grace barbie ferreira is a young twentysomething music journalist she s a good writer but she s in a boys club she gives up her job at an alt weekly to spend a summer in montreal where all the cool music is happening which yeah this was when grimes was amazing to write a 33 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