by elinkstoday | Dec 6, 2024 | Film
Director Luca Guadagnino’s work with screenwriter Justin Kuritzkes, who adapted William S. Burroughs’ semi-autobiographical novel, Queer, takes the audience back in time to 1950s Mexico City. The author was living as an ex-pat “en el DF” as were other Americans, and...
by elinkstoday | Dec 5, 2024 | Film
Directed by Steven C. Miller (Line of Duty, Silent Night) from a script by Matthew Kennedy (Inheritance, Canary Black), Werewolves is edited by Austin based Greg MacLennan (Margaux, The Pale Door). You may remember Frank Grillo from The Purge movies and Captain...
by elinkstoday | Dec 2, 2024 | Film Festival
Nick Frost (Shaun of the Dead, Attack the Block, The World’s End) is the solo writer on this feature comedy/horror film. The world premiere was here in Austin, TX at Fantastic Fest in September and it was among my favorite films from the fest. I had not seen the...
by elinkstoday | Nov 27, 2024 | Film Festival
William Goldenberg, an award-winning editor for the film Argo, makes his directorial debut with the feature film Unstoppable about the real life of wrestler Anthony Robles (portrayed by Jharrel Jerome in his first lead role in a feature). Robles, born with only one...
by elinkstoday | Nov 22, 2024 | Film
Gladiator (2000) won the Oscar for Best Picture in 2001, among many other wins and nominations that year. For the many fans of the award-winning film, Ridley Scott returns to directing Gladiator II from the screenplay written by David Franzoni (of the original film),...
by elinkstoday | Nov 21, 2024 | Film Festival
The comedy feature film from Mexico, The Perfect Club (El club perfecto), is written and directed by Ricardo Castro. The film made its World Premiere at the 31st season of the Austin Film Festival and was a hit. The very funny and well-made film won the Comedy...
by elinkstoday | Nov 19, 2024 | Film Festival
The 2024 Guadalajara International Film Festival held in Los Angeles earlier this month featured the from the Festival Internacional de Cine en Guadalajara (FICG), “La Arriera,” (the muleteer) which earned Isabel Cristina Fregoso a Best Director award. Since June...
by elinkstoday | Nov 19, 2024 | Film Festival
The GuadaLAjara Film Festival (GLAFF) returned to Los Angeles for its 14th edition earlier this month. I attended this festival virtually two years ago and this year’s festival featured an array of short and feature films, from a variety of filmmakers both local...
by elinkstoday | Nov 15, 2024 | Film Festival
Black Dog takes place on the edge of the Gobi Desert in Northwest China, as Lang (Eddie Peng) returns to his hometown after being released from jail. While working for the local dog patrol team, led by Uncle Yao (Jia Zhang-Ke), that is clearing the town of stray dogs...
by elinkstoday | Nov 15, 2024 | Film Festival
Breakup Season is H. Nelson Tracey’s writing and directorial debut, having had a successful run at various film festivals this year. Now the film has begun a theatrical run, and it is one to watch as it will screen in various states now through December. The story is...
