Category: Movie

Did their love last beyond the beach?

Little House on the Prairie's episode Blizzard emphasizes the harshness of winter, but also the resilience and love of the Ingalls family.

"Nobody's gonna publish this." "I just want to rub their noses in it." MGM has unveiled another trailer for American Fiction, the highly acclaimed featured directorial debut of writer Cord Jefferson. This is one of the best films of the year - it's on my Top 10 of 2023 and has been winning awards all over since premiering at the 2023 Toronto Film Festival a few months ago. Author Thelonious "Monk" Ellison is peeved because his latest offering hasn't caught fire with publishers, while a tome called We's Lives in Da Ghetto by Sintara Golden hits the bestseller lists, leaving Monk seething. It's a critical, satirical commentary on our culture's obsession with reducing people to outrageous stereotypes. Starring Jeffrey Wright as Monk, Tracee Ellis Ross, Issa Rae, Keith David, Erika Alexander, Leslie Uggams, Adam Brody, Sterling K. Brown. I love this film! It's a bit romance, a bit family drama, with tons of humor and cunning satire about how culture is going these days. Easily one of Jeffrey Wright's best performances - a must watch this December. Now playing in ...

"Please keep me from giving birth to a chicken." Kino Lorber has revealed a new trailer for a 4K restoration of this 1990s indie film called Household Saints, made by NYC-native filmmaker Nancy Savoca. This originally premiered at the 1993 Toronto Film Festival, and it screened again at this year's New York Film Festival for its 30th anniversary. Adapted from Francine Prose's novel of the same name, it's an unsettling drama about three generations of Italian-American women struggling to get by in post-WWII New York's Little Italy. Kino Lorber and Milestone Films are proud to present a new 4K restoration of Nancy Savoca's Household Saints, featuring a cast inclduing Tracey Ullman, Vincent D'Onofrio, Lili Taylor, Judith Malina, and Michael Imperioli. The film has been digitally restored and remastered by Lightbox Film Center at University of the Arts (Philadelphia) in collaboration with Milestone Films with support from Ron and Suzanne Naples. Described as a "a unique voice in 1990s NYC independent filmmaking" - have a look. Here's the 4K restoration trailer (+ original poster) for Nancy Savoca's Household Saints, from YouTube: Based on ...