The 2022 Woodstock Film Festival is this Wednesday through Sunday Sept. 28 – Oct. 2. Once again, one of Upstate NY’s premiere film fests has a stellar lineup of films with major stars, directors and awards buzz. It kicks off Wednesday night with a screening of “Remember This”, starring Academy Award nominee David Strathairn (“Good […]
“Ammonite” is the story of 19th century British fossil collector and paleontologist Mary Anning. She runs a tourist shop in Dorset, Southwest England, with her elderly mother. But her passion is searching for rare rocks and marine fossils in the cliffs along the English Channel. Her discoveries have made her famous in the collector community. […]
While watching “The Painter and the Thief”, I had to keep reminding myself that this isn’t a narrative film. It’s a documentary — that really doesn’t feel like one. And that’s not just because of the way it’s shot, that there’s no omniscient narrator, or because the timeline keeps jumping back and forth. It’s mainly […]
If “Parasite” wins the Best Picture Academy Award, it will be a landmark victory for a number of reasons. One of them is for its studio, NEON. Just 3 years in, and NEON has established itself as one of the top indie movie studios. Their first movie, “Colossal” starring Anne Hathaway, got some attention. “I, […]
Ever since it won the Palme d’Or at Cannes earlier this year, the strong buzz surrounding “Parasite” has been infectious. Considering all the build-up I was worried this could be the classic case of ‘over-promise and under-deliver’. But instead, celebrated Korean director Bong Joon-ho’s creation not only meets, but in some cases exceeds all the […]
“Little Woods” debuted a year ago at the Tribeca Film Festival. NEON, which acquired the distribution rights, is finally releasing the indie drama. The film is set in Little Woods, North Dakota, a town where newcomers in the oil business are enjoying the benefits of the fracking boom, but many of the locals are still […]