Sons of the City (2017)

How powerful can a story be when it is stripped to the bare essentials of just a room, a handful of people and raw human voice?

The coming-of-age story that brings viewers into the world of Broadway, New York City, with musical talent and LGBTQ leads.

It’s dark, uncomfortable, and there are things that don’t make sense.

‘Run Sweetheart Run’ has everything women fear the most, from psycho boyfriends to tampons.

With The Father, writer-director Florian Zeller- who wrote and developed the play upon which the film is based- pulls no punches as he confidently makes every effort to put the audience in the mind of someone whose grip on reality has all but vanished. It’s a dazzling testament to Zeller’s abilities as a director as he makes his first transition from stage to film appear as if he’s been working behind a camera his entire career. The dialogue he fashions with co-writer Christopher Hampton, along with the work of production designers Peter Francis and Cathy Featherstone, collectively makes the downward spiral of dementia startlingly tangible, doing so in a way that can be comprehended by everyone except the person it directly affects.

With the start of the new season we're excited for all of the April new movie releases, some of which our writers here will cover in individual reviews throughout the month.