Film Review by J Perez
Category: Film/TV Reviews
Review of Director-Writer Lloyd Lee Choi’s Award Winning QUEENIE. {The original title was CLOSING DYNASTY}
A precocious 7-year-old girl, Queenie, hustles and schemes her ways on the mean streets and subways of New York City to make money to help her parents when she realizes the family business is closing because of the Pandemic. Review of Director Lloyd Lee Choi’s sublime 17-minute film short by Sandra Cambrelen.
TEXAS, USA (2023) Film Review
Review by Gregg W. Morris
SEVAP/MITZVAH directed by Sabina Vajraca
Short films have become popular because they can provide a cost-effective learning experience for filmmakers and because of increasing audience diversity – though SEVAP/MITZVAH has the look and feel of a feature. That train of thought has this writer-reviewer imagining Director/Writer Sabina Varjraca’s 17-minute virtuoso SEVAP/MITZVAH is in the works to become a SEVAP/MITZVAH feature film. – Review by Gregg W. Morris
2023 Tribeca Fest Film Review: ROLLING ALONG – Part 1
ROLLING ALONG resonates like an enigmatic, bittersweet, raconteuring memoir which also provided a compelling dish of Americana rarely seen on the Big Screen.
Bradley’s talking about intimately personal and professional moments and periods of his life – woven into a nonfiction film narrative – is arresting, especially because he is alluding to much bigger matters. It should be seen, and seen more than once. Serious filmgoers, cinephiles, aficionados and film buffs know good and really good films have to be seen more than once since it’s rare for viewers to understand all there is to a movie. – Review by Gregg W. Morris
2023 Film Review: UNCONDITIONAL – Part 1
A Riveting Story Told in a Remarkable Kaleidoscopic Documentary Style by Director Richard Lui About How Mental Illness Effects American Families
Nearly 58 million Americans, according to the National Institute of Mental Health, must deal with a mental health challenge each year. About 53 million Americans, according to the AARP, are family caregivers, who face their own emotional distress in caring for loved ones. This is a story about an issue facing 100 million people. Article by Gregg W. Morris.
2023 Film Review: UNCONDITIONAL – Q&A, Part II
A Riveting Story Told in a Remarkable Kaleidoscopic Documentary Style by Director Richard Lui About the Effects of Mental Health Issues on American Families Q&A How did this film come about? How did the idea originate? What inspired you? Nine…
ONE NIGHT WITH ADELA 2023 Tribeca Fest Film Review
“Nobody (in the audience) moved when it ended,” Director Hugo Ruiz is quoted as saying in an interview with Cineuropa magazine, “and everybody stayed for the Q&A after the screening. Several people told me that at the start, Adela is extremely repellent, but then you come to understand the character’s bitterness.” – Review by Gregg W. Morris
Part II of 2023 Film Review, PRUNING, the Preternaturally Audaciously Made Film Short by Director Lola Blanc & Starring Madeline Brewer that Blew This Reviewer’s Mind
Background Information, Including PRUINING PR Apparatus Info Filmmaker, actor, musician and co-host of Trust Me, Lola Blanc is premiering her film, Pruning at the Palm Springs Shortfest 2023. PRUNING is being publicized as a psychological horror film about a right-wing commentator…
One of the Best of the Best 2023 Must-See Movies
PRUNING, the Preternaturally Audaciously Made Film Short by Director Lola Blanc & Starring Madeline Brewer: It Blew This Reviewer’s Mind – Part I
The best of the best must-see movies in 2023. – Review by Gregg W. Morris, who shakes his head every time he watches PRUNING.