WORD Synopsis: It’s 1992, and Mina (played by Iva IIincic) has just graduated and believes that she’s met all of the expectations of her patriarchal father as well as the whims of her family and extended family. She’s been very…
Category: 2023 Films & Film Shorts
Movies and film shorts in 2023
Getting Rave Reviews
YOUR GUARDIAN (2023) Part 1: Introduction
Reviewed by Gregg W. Morris.
PIGLADY (2023) Film Review – Viewer Discretion Advised for This “Horror” Movie
Viewer discretion advised because this film belongs in that increasingly popular subgenre of films made by moviemakers regaled by audiences who salivate over their tasteless and downright disgusting content. PIGLADY is ladled with oodles and oodles of gratuitous nudity, relentless unrealistic ferocity and dosages of Schadenfreude. – Review by By Gregg W. Morris
MONOCHROMATIC (2023) Film Short Review – About the Searing, Coming of Age, Rite of Passage, of a 6-year-old Black Girl in Racist Great Britain
A telling piece of movie making about the rite of passage, coming of age, for Grace, 6 years old, British West Indian, who becomes aware that many White Brits despize West Indian People of Color. Her mom and aunt struggle – as their parents and their parents’ parents before them – about how to raise their their kids to deal with a cursed legacy. What should they do, what they shouldn’t do. – Review by Gregg W. Morris.
Review: SEVAP/MITZVAH directed by Sabina Vajraca
SEVAP/MITZVAH is a riveting, edge-of-the-seat gem of extraordinary finesse and storytelling. The plot: A Muslim woman, Zejneba Hardaga (played by Helena Vukovic) convinces her family to risk their lives to save the woman’s Jewish friend, Rifka Kabiljo, played by Magdalena…
Sidebar for BRIGHTWOOD Film Review: Berated B-Rated Conversations
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…
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…
2023 HollyShorts Film Festival Jury Includes Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sam Worthington, Zoey Deutch
The jury, composed of 18 esteemed industry professionals, will be responsible for determining all HollyShorts award-winners, including four that will qualify for the Academy Awards®. This year, the festival will screen 402 films, 180 43.3 percent are from female filmmakers…
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…