The Metropolitan Opera: The Queen of Spades
BY : Brandon June 4, 2025
Tchaikovsky’s macabre thriller, set against the backdrop of Tsarist Russia, is back in the Met’s atmospheric staging. Soprano Sonya Yoncheva makes her highly anticipated role debut as Lisa, the young woman who embarks on a deadly love affair with the gambling-obsessed officer Hermann, sung by tenor Arsen Soghomonyan in his Met debut. Baritone Igor Golovatenko... Read more »
Marriage in the Chillán style
BY : Brandon June 3, 2025
A young girl from the town of Chillán (Chile) marries her cousin in 1962. In reverse, the moment and its ghosts emerges from oblivion and returns to it. This is a 8mm family film compiled and re-structured by Gabriel Lizama (AKA Liz Taylor) Credits: TheMovieDb.
Playback: The Rewind Era
BY : Brandon June 3, 2025
Take a journey through a forgotten era in Playback: The Rewind Era—the first chapter in a three-part trilogy exploring the evolution of media across decades. This film traces the rise and fall of VHS, from its cultural dominance in living rooms and rental stores to the quiet forces that led to its demise. Through curated... Read more »
Break the Ice
BY : Brandon June 3, 2025
BREAK THE ICE is a family drama about a young couple, Paul and Julia, spending Christmas Eve with Julia’s family. However, her parent’s disapproval of Paul and their relationship puts a layer of tension on the night’s festivities. Paul is hoping to purpose to Julia, but feels he must gain her father’s trust and approval... Read more »
You Don’t Say!
BY : Brandon June 3, 2025
Hebert and Lilith are madly in love but too shy to tell each other-until they walk into a magical, musical bookstore. But what genre is best for honesty? Credits: TheMovieDb.
The Woman with a Name or Two
BY : Brandon June 3, 2025
Centuries after the collapse of modern civilization, a gang of scavengers trade stories with a shifty merchant about the elusive Woman, first thought to be a wasteland myth. Credits: TheMovieDb.
Bye Bye Barbarito
BY : Brandon June 3, 2025
Romelia and Antonio have been married for fifty-seven years “Too long,” according to Romelia. When Antonio, an eighty-something-year-old grouch suddenly dies, Romelia’s not so ready to mourn him; in fact, she feels like celebrating. She turns the living room into a tropical paradise and gets ready to live her remaining years with her one true... Read more »