SHAYDA (director/writer: Noora Niasari; cinematographer: Sherwin Akbarzadeh; editor: Elika Rezaee; cast: Zar Amir Ebrahimi (Shayda), Mojean Aria (Farhad), Leah Purcell (Joyce), Eve Morey (Lara), Jillian Nguyan (Vi), Osamah Sami  (Hossein),…

SLEEP (director/writer: Jason Yu; cinematographer: Tae-Soo Kim; editor: Meeyeon-Han; music: Jong Jin Chang/Chang Hyuk-Jin; cast: Jung Yu-Mi (Su-jin), Lee Sun-Kyun (Hyun-Su); Runtime: 95; MPAA Rating: NR; producer: Lewis Taewan Kim;…

CRUMB CATCHER (director/writer: Chris Skotchdopole; screenwriters: story by Skotchdopole, Larry Fessenden and Rigo Garay; cinematographer: Adam Carboni; editor: Chris Skotchdopole; cast: Rigo Garay (Shane), Ella Rae Peck (Leah), John Speredakos…

PORTRAIT, THE (director: Simon Ross; screenwriter: David Griffiths; cinematographer: Luke Hanlein; editor: Simon Ross; cast: Mark Paul Gosselaar (Brookes), Virginia Madsen (Mags), Isidora Goreshter (Officer Bartlett), Ryan Kwanten (Alex), Sharon…

NAGA (director/writer: Meshal Aljaser; screenwriter: based on the story by Nawaf Alshubailic & Meshal Aljaser; cinematographer: Ibraheem Alshangeeti; editors: Laith Majali, Meshal Aljaser; music: Omar Fadel; cast: Adwa Bader (Sarah),…

SILENT AS THE GRAVE (directors: Dan Gremley/Brad Podowski; screenwriter: Brad Podowski; cinematographer: Kuba Zelazec; music: Raphaël Dargent; cast: Michael Kunicki (Chris Nowak), Charlisa Anderson (Barb Nowak), Isabella Alonso (Naomi Nowak),…

WOMAN OF THE HOUR (director: Anna Kendrick; screenwriter: Ian MacAllister McDonald; cinematographer: Zach Kuperstein; editors: Andy Canny, Lee Haugen; music: Dan Romber, Mike Tuccillo; cast: Anna Kendrick (Cheryl Bradshaw), Tony…

MENUS-PLAISIRS-LES TROISGROS (director: Frederick Wiseman; cinematographer: James Bishop; editor: Frederick Wiseman; Zipporah Films; 2023-France/USA-in French & English, with English subtitles) “I love foodie movies, and this one is so good…

ROJEK (director/writer: Zane Akyol; cinematographer: Nicolas Canniccioni/Arshia Shakiba; editor: Mathieu Bouchard-Malo; music: Roger Tellier-Craig;  Runtime: 127; MPAA Rating: NR; producers: Zane Akyol, Sylvain Corbell, Audrey-Ann Dupuis-Pierre; Icarus Films; 2022-Canada-in English,…

BLACKOUT (director/writer: Larry Fessenden; cinematographer: Collin Brazie; editor: Larry Fessenden; cast: Marshall Bell (Hammond), Michael Buscemi (Andy), Addison Timlin (Sharon), Barbara Crampton (Kate), Motell Gyn Foster (Earl), Joseph Castillo-Midyett (Luis),…