All of those things that go thump in the fight. Herald Sun | October 7th, 2016 Both well researched and tightly constructed, The Hurt Business is a refreshingly comprehensive, demystifying documentary look at the sport of mixed martial arts (MMA). First things first: it will be best to...
Crackheads March 10, 2015 by Remy Carreiro Sometimes, the funniest things are the things we are not supposed to laugh at. Things that are not considered politically correct. While many comedy movies over the last year have fallen flat by being rehashed versions of other comedies you...
Medeas Posted by Daniel Glenn on Jan 15th, 2015 Directed by Andrea Pallaoro Produced by Jonathan Venguer, Gina Resnick, Kyle Heller, and Eleonora Granata Jenkinson Written by Andrea Pallaoro and Orlando Tirado Released by the Vladar Company USA. 97 min. Not rated With Catalina Sandino Moreno and Brían F. O’Byrne Medeas is the...
A Family of Few Words in a Slow-Burn Disaster Andrea Pallaoro’s ‘Medeas,’ About an Unraveling Family NYT Critics' Pick By JEANNETTE CATSOULISJAN. 15, 2015 Catalina Sandino Moreno as a mother of five in "Medeas," directed by Andrea Pallaoro. Credit: Chayse Irvin/Vladar Company A slow, mesmeric slide into heartbreak and horror, “Medeas,”...
BY ANDY CRUMP THEATRICAL JANUARY 12, 2015 “MEDEAS” Arthouse fare nestled within the American heartland is, and probably always shall be, considered Terrence Malick’s territory. Hence early analogies drawn between Andrea Pallaoro’s excellent debut,Medeas, and the American maestro’s works, currently enjoying a period of serious creative vitality....
Movie Review: ‘Death Metal Angola’ Published by Clay Cane on Monday, December 29, 2014 at 5:38 pm. Summary: Jeremy Xido’s surprisingly feel-good documentary on the popularity of “death metal” rock music in war-torn Angola. Review: “Rock can clean my heart,” says one of the young men in Death...
December 29, 2014 FILM REVIEW: MEDEAS (2013) DIR. ANDREA PALLAORO Image Above: A Poster from Medeas. (Image from official site) Medeas opens with an idyllic scene of a family gazing quietly beside a lake.There is the beautiful mother Christina (Catalina Sandino Moreno) who gently and holds an infant, the...
Death Metal Angola By Andy Crump December 2, 2014 | 3:57pm The first few minutes of Death Metal Angola don’t feel like the introduction to a documentary. They’re something more akin to the opening sequence of a horror film. We’re presented with a quick lesson on Angola’s history...
Death Metal Angola Nearly all art is reactionary, and death metal is no different. The extreme nature of this usually apolitical subgenre (whose most influential outposts are Tampa, Florida, and Gothenburg, Sweden) takes on new meanings in Death Metal Angola, Jeremy Xido's documentary charting the rise...