Ale is about to get married. His two best friends, Tom and Zenone, arrive at the ceremony and, prompted by Sara, a curious bridesmaid, begin to tell the story of what was supposed to be the perfect bachelor weekend. But when Ale shows up with his sarcastic fifteen-year-old sister Viola, everything changes. No luxury hotel, no excess: just camping tents, mountain trails, and a lot of (emotional) endurance. Alternating between present and flashback, between jokes and internal breakdowns, the protagonists discover that growing up is scary, but doing it together might just make it easier.
Making Apes begins by looking back at the history of makeup effects in Hollywood, which was revolutionized by Jack Pierce, the person behind Frankenstein (1931) and The Wolf Man (1941)
Battles will come and go and queer people do die for their identity and fights for rights, but that doesn’t mean the gays don’t deserve their happy endings in stories.
With mismatched eyes, a willingness to experiment with hair color and style, and a rail thin frame, Bowie always drew attention. But he shunned gendered attractiveness, creating his own space somewhere in between. This hallucinatory and often nonlinear 2022 documentary is a perfect salute to David Bowie’s life and career. Rather than interviewing those that knew Bowie, the standard convention for biographical portraits, director Brett Morgen mostly lets the artist’s images, performances, videos, and words speak to capture the essence of the artist. Bowie was more than just a pop star. He painted, sculpted, acted in films, and was a thoughtful and articulate person who gave sincere answers to even the most shallow interview questions.
Tran Quoc Bao succeeds in telling us a story about martial arts, human decay, and friendship. The originality shown by his filmmaking is admirable and brings fresh air to the classic Chinese martial arts genre.
Disney movies have taken a bit of a downward turn recently. How come?
Of all the many great people that have contributed to Hip-Hop and radio, I was fortunate enough to speak with James Rosseau, founder of The Corelink Solution, a nonprofit that owns and operates Holy Culture Radio.
