The film’s opening scene has local workmen angry about not having been paid for three months of work, despite assurances from the foreman that the boss, Mr. N’Diaye (Diankou Sembene), will eventually cough up the dough. The camera eventually follows one of those workers, Souleiman (Ibrahima Traore), and his blossoming love-affair with Ada (the beautiful Mama Sane). Despite her parents forcing Ada to marry Omar, a very rich man who could set her up with a life without poverty, she feels no attraction whatsoever to her husband-to-be....

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A beautiful, sensitive and “laid back” anti-western that tries to reconstruct the birth of US-American capitalism and the „American Dream“ around 1900 – but mostly is a convincing story about a friendship between 2 men. The audience loved it, and it is a pity that the film did not take home at least one award (e.g. Kelly Reichardt for best directing). A movie of fine nuances and calmness, surprisingly unpretentious and even un-American....

The film follows Kayla (Elsie Fisher), whose constant self-reflectiveness is familiar enough to make you cringe at every stutter. Kayla’s dad (Josh Hamilton) is as good a single dad as you can be, given the fact that he has to contend with his teenage girl entering the most awkward and uncomfortable phase of her life. READ MORE: Bo Burnham’s ‘Eighth Grade’ Is A Millennial ‘Welcome To The Dollhouse’ [Review] The anxiety Kayla has within her, always in a state of questioning, makes the case for a kind of early-adolescent humanism we haven’t seen depicted on-screen so acutely....

The thing about Chris Smith’s “Fyre,” the Netflix doc, is that you know how it’s going to end, so the lure of the doc is the how-they-got-there. There is no real mystery to it. It all ended in a surreal shitshow of hypocrisy and delirious money-grabbing chutzpah. It turns out that “Fyre” is a valuable document because it tries to recount every single blunder, step-by-step, which led to festival-goers being stranded on a grimy deserted island, with no food, no water and barely any shelter....

Many were skeptical about my assertion, a few months ago, that Rian Johnson’s “Knives Out” sequel was Netflix’s #1 horse for awards season. Well, now with “Bardo,” “White Noise,” and “Blonde” having been screened, there is no doubt that Johnson’s film is top priority, as it should be. This sequel is outrageous in its implausibility, but I didn’t care. Johnson infuses such slick style and invention to the film that it’s too infectious not to be caught up in its peeling onion narrative....

It used to be that critics would use the excuse that he was “used well” by great filmmakers in past films such as “Punch-Drunk Love,” “Uncut Gems,” and “The Meyerowitz Stories,” but can we just acknowledge how utterly effective he is as a dramatic actor? Sandler’s latest movie, “Hustle,” is currently #1 this week on Netflix. However, this is not a goofy comedy, it’s a serious sports drama. And it’s reviewing very well....

This unique DC adaptation, due in theaters this October, has indeed gotten an R rating from the MPAA. Phillips isn’t known for his superhero chops, in fact, he’s more famous as the guy that did “Old School” and “The Hangover.” Regardless, he pitched a gritty, 70s-set Joker movie in the vein of Taxi Driver and got his wish granted by the WB to make the movie. R-rated Superhero movies are rare but they do, occasionally happen....

A tortured soul if there ever was one in the industry, “Judy” is based on Garland’s tumultuous life and is a biopic, directed by Rupert Goold, that seems to be focusing on Garland’s final years on earth, during the late ‘60s, as she arrived in London for sell-out concerts. It’s too early to take the movie seriously as an Oscar contender, especially since these kinds of projects have a knack for easily sinking into TV movie quality, but the thematic resonance of depicting a Hollywood actress that was taken advantage of by almost every man she came across in the industry is incredibly topical....

His upcoming murder-mystery is titled “Knives Out” and it sounds incredibly promising. Oh, and look at that cast! Michael Shannon, Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, and Lakeith Stanfield. Wowza! The film is supposed to be a modern-day whodunit, an Agatha Christie-inspired mystery film, that Johnson has been working on for the better part of 10 years now. Stanfield and Craig are the detectives on the case. It all sounds uber fantastic and, I can confirm, according to a valid source of mine, that the film may very well be skipping fall festivals all together....

Attention cancel culture cultists, the film will probably need a disclaimer warning before you watch the opening credits as MAGA’s Jon Voight, sexual deviant Dustin Hoffman and toxic boyfriend Shia LaBeouf will all be featured on-screen. You have been warned. Hey, Coppola is funding this film with his own money, so he can basically do whatever the hell he wants. Does he know critics are sharpening their knives due to the aforementioned actors?...

With that being said, the quote whores have weighed in on Jordan Peele’s “Nope” with laudatory excitement. Shocking, I know. It seems as though barely any actual critics saw the damn thing, just studio gushers. Consider me very suspicious… I’ll only be watching Peele’s film tomorrow. These tweets of course led to a slew of over-the-top headlines from a bunch of media outlets. “Nope,” to mainstream moviegoers at least, is now considered a “well-reviewed” movie....

Back in 2018, I had high expectations for Mimi Leder‘s film, and yet, I can’t think of more appropriate and failed Oscar-bait than this mediocre project. The fact that the film has been nary mentioned in the last week or so only reinforces the very little impact it has had on the zeitgeist. Ruth Bader Ginsburg was played, in straight-shooting fashion, by British actress Felicity Jones. Natalie Portman was originally cast as RBG, a better pick in my view, and the strain in Jones’ performance was all-too-apparent....

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Aneesh Chaganty’s “Run” has Paulson donning villainous shoes for a film which, judging by the trailer alone, looks well-shot. “Run” focuses on the story of Diane (Paulson) and her daughter Chloe (Kiera Allen). Confined to a wheelchair, Chloe is forced by mom to stay inside the house. refusing to let her leave. Over the course of the story, Chloe realizes her mother may be hiding something dark and insidious. In the recently-released trailer, we see Chloe trying to Google mom’s name but realizing that mom has blocked access to any searches of her name....

As far as A24’s “Midsommar” goes, Ari Aster’s sophomore feature, an R-rated polarizer, debuted in sixth place with a $6 million intake over the weekend and $10.9 million during its first five days of release. What will be interesting to see is how it fares in the next few weeks as word-of-mouth, for better or for worse, spreads about the film’s batshit craziness. Curiosity seekers will no doubt flock to see this maddening movie, which garnered a C+ CinemaScore — a mediocre rating, no doubt, but I expected much worse....

‘Banshees’ currently sits at 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, with more than 86 reviews already counted. Its average rating currently stands at 8.7 out of 10. On Metacritic it has an 89 score. The film is far and away the best of McDonagh’s career. It’s a near-biblical allegory that parallels our current times. Collin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson and Kerry Condon are phenomenal in their respective roles. What more can I say?...

Durst ostensibly took inspiration from an experience he had with a wack-job admirer and whatever Durst’s film lacks in freshness it, somewhat, compensates in sheer unadulterated trashiness. Travolta’s Moose is a socially awkward hermit living in Los Angeles whose unhealthy passion for actor Hunter Dunbar (Devon Sawa) exceeds normal levels. The movie ends up moving in rather familiar steps. Moose ends up finding Dunbar’s home address, using the info to stalk the private residence....

Landing in second this week and making one final push before next weeks Oscars is Best a picture front runner “1917”. Universal’s war epic appears to have its eyes on at least 5/6 awards come Sunday including Best Director for Sam Mendes. Figures wise the film took in a respectable $9.4M, pushing its total past $119M. Though at this point Universal will have their hearts set on repeating their best picture success of last year with “Green Book”....