Movies How a Mother Exposed Human Rights Ignorance in China With One Child Nation By Todd Jorgenson | 5 days ago Documentary filmmaker Nanfu Wang grew up in China thinking her parents broke the law by giving her a younger brother. Now she's a mother and knows the truth.
Movies Blanchett Can’t Save Where’d You Go, Bernadette From Wandering Aimlessly By Todd Jorgenson | 5 days ago Richard Linklater's muddled adaptation of the acclaimed Maria Semple novel is a mildly amusing yet mostly uneven saga of creativity and self-discovery.
Movies How a Cinematic Plea for Acceptance Took Flight as The Peanut Butter Falcon By Todd Jorgenson | 2 weeks ago It all started when Zack Gottsagen, an aspiring movie star with Down syndrome, became friends with two filmmakers with big ideas.
Movies The Gritty Female-Led Crime Saga The Kitchen Never Gets Cooking By Todd Jorgenson | 2 weeks ago Strong performances and evocative visuals can't overcome a morally ambiguous script that treads familiar ground.
Movies Persistence Enabled a Chinese American Filmmaker to Share Her Story in The Farewell By Todd Jorgenson | 4 weeks ago Lulu Wang took some unusual steps before producers shared her vision for the emotionally rich multicultural saga about a grieving family.
Movies Let’s Indulge With Tarantino in the Nostalgic Once Upon a Time in Hollywood By Todd Jorgenson | 4 weeks ago Working squarely within his wheelhouse, his glimpse into the evolving showbiz landscape of a half-century ago features style and attitude to spare.
Movies How Tom Huckabee’s 40-Year Obsession Emerged as a Tribute to Bill Paxton By Todd Jorgenson | 4 weeks ago The Fort Worth filmmaker's new version of the 1970s post-apocalyptic oddity Taking Tiger Mountain revisits Paxton's first starring role.
Movies Can You Feel the Love Tonight? For the New Lion King, Maybe Not. By Todd Jorgenson | 1 month ago This CGI-infused remake of the 1994 animated classic doesn’t improve upon its predecessor in any substantial way. It’s just unnecessary.
Movies Above the Belt: Kickin’ It With The Art of Self-Defense Director Riley Stearns By Todd Jorgenson | 1 month ago The filmmaker's background in martial arts informed his dark satire about a nerdy accountant who begins a weird odyssey in karate class.
Movies Rough Road: Stuber Is an Ultraviolent Feature-Length Rideshare Ad By Todd Jorgenson | 1 month ago Dave Bautista and Kumail Nanjiani generate some odd-couple chemistry in this raunchy crime comedy, but a formulaic script cannot match their efforts.
Movies How the Star of Wild Rose Uses Country Music as a Cultural Bridge By Todd Jorgenson | 2 months ago Mixing Southern twangs with Scottish brogues, this crowd-pleasing musical saga shows that country is alive and well across the pond.
Movies A Fort Worth Filmmaker’s Debut Tackles Heart Health Among Teenage Athletes By Todd Jorgenson | 2 months ago Rob Smat, a former football player at All Saints Episcopal School, is a recent USC graduate who shot his first feature in and around Fort Worth in just 13 days.
