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Film Review: ‘Stay Close’ Is A Personal Story of Overcoming the Odds and Love of Family

by Joshua A. Guttman January 11, 2020
written by Joshua A. Guttman

I should be honest; I’m not really into sports. I follow the Baltimore Ravens occasionally (I’m happy they’re doing amazingly this year), plus I played tennis and practiced karate growing up. Still, I’ve just never really been interested in sports. The same goes for sports movies. Not that I hate sports movies, I love The Sandlot, The Longest Yard, Cool Runnings, plus a couple others, but I don’t go out of my way to seek out sports movies like I do horror and sci-fi. That being said, I don’t rule them out, a good sports movie needs to have a compelling character for me to latch onto, and Stay Close has that.

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‘Midnight Family’ and ‘In The Absence’ Are Harrowing Genre-Bending Documentaries At Their Finest

by Joshua A. Guttman January 6, 2020
written by Joshua A. Guttman

On January 3rd, I got to experience my first movie of the new decade, Midnight Family, coupled with the short In The Absence at the Soho House in the Meatpacking District.

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KnockturnaLIST: Top 20 Favorite Films of 2019

by Joshua A. Guttman January 2, 2020
written by Joshua A. Guttman

2019 closes out this decade with creative, innovative, challenging films that we have now come to expect. So many fascinating filmmakers made their bold debut, utilizing unique techniques, helping establish a definitive style to 2010’s filmmaking. While some films homage the classics, others carved their own distinct identities through challenging film conventions, promising storied careers as we all head into the 2020’s.

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AFI Film Review: ‘The Two Popes’

by Joshua A. Guttman December 6, 2019
written by Joshua A. Guttman

Telling a story based around strictly dialogue is challenging. Netflix’s “The Two Popes” is a strong, if unbalanced, look at the Catholic Church.

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On The Scene: Fernando Meirelles’ ‘The Two Popes’ AFI Red Carpet

by Joshua A. Guttman November 24, 2019
written by Joshua A. Guttman

“The Two Popes” is the latest film from famed director, Fernando Meirelles, known for City of God, The Constant Gardener, and Blindness.

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On The Scene: ‘The Aeronauts’ AFI Red Carpet

by Joshua A. Guttman November 24, 2019
written by Joshua A. Guttman

The Aeronauts is a biographical adventure film about a weather scientist and pilot who try to break the world record for highest flight in a hot air balloon and using the gathered data to advance the field of meteorology.

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On The Scene: Produced By NY 2019 Conference

by Joshua A. Guttman November 15, 2019
written by Joshua A. Guttman

The Produced By NY 2019 conference was held at Florence Gould  Hall on November 9th. The conference covered exciting topics such as the popularity of streaming and the accessibility to financing in our current market. The halls bustled as business cards were exchanged, and new connections were forged. Everyone from young up-and-coming filmmakers to seasoned professionals were excited to learn about the latest trends in producing and overall filmmaking.

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Magnolia Pictures Hosts ‘Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am’ Screening

by Joshua A. Guttman November 2, 2019
written by Joshua A. Guttman

On Wednesday, October 30th, I attended a screening of Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am at the gorgeous Roxy Cinema, hosted by Magnolia Pictures. It premiered this year at the Sundance Film Festival and was an Official Selection at the AFI Docs Festival and the San Francisco International Film Festival. The film is currently campaigning for “Best Documentary Feature” at the Oscars.

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Film Review: Trapped in ‘The Lighthouse’

by Joshua A. Guttman October 24, 2019
written by Joshua A. Guttman

There are few scarier feelings in life than being trapped.

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Film Review: ‘The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then The Bigfoot’ Is a story about myths, legends, and sacrifice

by Joshua A. Guttman October 18, 2019
written by Joshua A. Guttman

I’ve always been a fan of superhero films.

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