Berated B-Rated Conversations hosts Brian and Anthony mix it up with Dane Elcar, the Director, and stars Max Woertendyke and Dana Berger about the making of the movie and the challenges of a 3-person crew. The movie was on the…
Author: Greggory W Morris
BRIGHTWOOD (2023) Film Review
THE GOOD: It’s gotten googobs of good reviews and has played at a lot of film fests and is scheduled to be release August 22, Tuesday, on VOD. THE BAD: It got a lot of topsy-turvy mixed reviews. THE…
The Short Film NOTHING, EXCEPT EVERYTHING Review & Q&A
Directed by award-winning filmmaker Wesley Wang, NOTHING, EXCEPT EVERYTHING screened at the Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival. It also screened at Indy Shorts and the LA Short International Film Festival – both Academy Award-qualifying film festivals. Wang has…
NOTHING, EXCEPT EVERYTHING Film Short Review & Q&A – Part 2
NOTHING, EXCEPT EVERYTHING – Directed by award-winning Wesley Wang who was winning awards before he started high school. Starring David Mazouz and Lily Chee. Produced by Scott Aharoni. NOTHING, EXCEPT EVERYTHIG won a Grand Jury Prize at Oscar-qualifying Indy Shorts…
THE ABANDONED Film Review, Q&A & More in Three Parts
The Uncaged Award for Best Feature Film Competition, according to the folks who operate the New York Asian Film Fest, which is also known as NYAFF, shines a spotlight on feature filmmakers whose singular cinematic visions should be internationally…
2023 New York Asian Film Fest Review
MAD FATE by Director Cheang Pou-soi: Some Fates Can Be So Fickle That You’re Damned If You Do, Damned If You Don’t
MAD FATE is a kinetically charged blast of derring-do filmmaking by an auteur with an inimitable prowess that allows his creative genius to sweep audiences to incredible levels of entertainment pleasure. This reviewer’s Cinematic Richter Scale Rating (#WCRSR) for…
2023 New York Asian Film Fest Movie Trailer That Will Get Your Juices Flowing If They Aren’t Already Flowing in Anticipation
2023 New York Asian Film Festival Review
PHANTOM
PHANTOM is a superbly made, kinetically charged, kick-butt, pugilistic, take-no-prisoners action thriller circa 1933 when Japan occupied Korea, stirring up anti-Japanese guerilla forces opposing the tyranny of the invaders. PHANTOM is cinematically lush in quality and imagination. It resonates with…
2023 New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF) – Part 2 – What’s Playing
The 2023 22nd edition will include 8 world premieres, 9 international premieres, 32 North American premieres, 3 U.S. premieres, and 16 East Coast/New York premieres, showcasing the most exciting new action, comedy, drama, thriller, romance, horror, and art-house films from Hong Kong, Japan, China, South Korea, the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Taiwan, Thailand, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Singapore, Vietnam, the United Kingdom, and the United States. – Written and Edited by Gregg W. Morris.
Film Review of A COW IN THE SKY: One of the Most Important of the 2023 Tribeca Fest Selections
A COW IN THE SKY has been regarded as one of the important films at the 2023 Tribeca Fest in light of the turbulent currents in these times of rising racial intolerance with its concomitant xenophobic insanity. It tells a true story about a young Ethiopian immigrant coming to terms living with growing up in America and that means coming to terms with the realpolitik of the American Dream in the aftermath of his father’s heinous murder by white supremacists. – Review by Gregg W. Morris