0 Ballad of Suzanne Césaire, The: Post-biopic about Caribbean Surrealist Césaire

 Césaire as she prepares to perform excerpts of the writer’s work.     The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire is a post-biopic about Caribbean surrealist Suzanne Césaire, deconstructing the process of bringing an actually-lived life to film. The film examines her relationship with her husband, French politician Aimé Césaire, and famed surrealist André Breton. Filmed on […]

Oscar Actors: Fiennes, Ralph–Best Year of Already Glorious Screen Career

In addition to the critically acclaimed film, Conclave, a religious thriller that may bring him a third Oscar nomination, he is in three other movies.

Independent Cinema 2024: Films That Matter

Independent Cinema 2024: Films That Matter

Ghostlight: Meditation on Loss and Power of Art, Starring Keith Kupferer, Dolly de Leon

A quietly compelling film about the healing power of art (specifically theater) could bring generations together, Ghostlike benefits from a sensitive screenplay by Kelly O’Sullivan. It stars Keith Kupferer, Dolly de Leon, Katherine Mallen Kupferer, Tara Mallen, Hana Dworkin, Tommy Rivera-Vega, Alma Washington, H.B. Ward, Dexter Zollicoffer, Deanna Dunagan and Francis Guinan. Screenwriter O’Sullivan wrote […]

Gladiator II: Gay Kiss by Denzel Washington Cut Out

“I actually kissed a man in the film but they took it out, they cut it, I think they got chicken”–Denzel Washington