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Film Review: Ekwa Msangi’s Directorial Debut With “Farewell Amor”

By Lady Beverly Cohn: The Road to Hollywood
in :  Entertainment
immigrant family reunites at the airport after 17 years: a scene from 'Farewell Amor'

Ekwa Msangi’s directorial debut, Farewell Amor is a tender story about an immigrant family facing new beginnings.  Essentially a three-hander, the finely fleshed out characters are brought to life by Msangi and the stirring performances of the principal actors. It’s time for the character’s rediscovery and director Msangi divides the film into three segments to reflect the adjustments each character …

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Paul Bettany Gives a Stirring Performance in Alan Ball’s “Uncle Frank” – On Amazon

By Lady Beverly Cohn: The Road to Hollywood
in :  Entertainment
Paul Betanny as Uncle Frank

Living with the harsh reality that the United States Supreme Court is the most conservative since the 1930’s, we are faced with the possibility of reversal of protections – from healthcare to environmental. In that regard, Alan Ball’s compelling Uncle Frank couldn’t be timelier.

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Guy Pierce and Clase Bang Give Stirring Performances in “The Last Vermeer”

By Lady Beverly Cohn: The Road to Hollywood
in :  Entertainment
Roland Møller, Guy Pierce and Claes Bang

Apparently the “go to guy” for art-related films seems to be the talented Danish actor Claes Bang. He starred in the The Square, The Burnt Orange Heresy and currently co-stars in The Last Vermeer, written by James McGee, Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby, based on the book “The Man Who Made Vermeers” by Jonathan Lopez.

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Sir Anthony Hopkins Gives an Astonishing Performance in “The Father”

By Lady Beverly Cohn: The Road to Hollywood
in :  Entertainment
Olivia Colman as Anne with her father Anthony played by Sir Anthony Hopkins

Searching for words or names is a familiar phenomenon affecting many people who struggle to find the descriptive noun for familiar everyday objects and experiences. What was the name of that actor? What is that restaurant that serves vegetable curry? What is that thing I use on my teeth every night? Oh yes, it’s dental floss.

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Eva Green Shines in Alice Winocour’s “Proxima” Now Streaming on Amazon

By Lady Beverly Cohn: The Road to Hollywood
in :  Entertainment
Zélie Boulant-Lemesle and Eva Green in 'Proxima'

Any career woman, who has been faced with juggling her work with parental responsibilities will relate to French director Alice Winocour’s “Proxima.” Co-written with Jean-Stéphane Bron, the film is basically a family drama centering on a female astronaut in training for a space trip to Mars.

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“Wine Crush (Vas-y Coupe!)” – A Peek At Harvest Time in France

By Lady Beverly Cohn: The Road to Hollywood
in :  Entertainment
Anselme Selosse

Wonderfully produced and directed by Laura Naylor, this enchanting film presents an intimate look at the daily lives of a group of working class men, some of whom have been showing up for the harvest drive at the Jacques Selosse vineyards for the last twenty-five years. The film captures the heart and soul of this particular harvest experience.

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Paula van der Oest’s “The Bay of Silence” — An Intriguing Mystery Thriller

By Lady Beverly Cohn: The Road to Hollywood
in :  Entertainment
Will (Claes Bang) is trying to cope with his wife’s (Olga Kurylenko) deteriorating mental state

The very talented Danish actor Claes Bang may not exactly be a household name.  However, as a reminder, he starred in The Square, and more recently, in The Burnt Orange Heresy, which co-starred Donald Sutherland and Mick Jagger. He is the kind of actor who compels your eye to stay riveted to the screen and his highly textured performance as …

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Atom Egoyan’s “Guest of Honour” Receives Mixed Reviews

By Lady Beverly Cohn: The Road to Hollywood
in :  Entertainment
Jim (David Thewlis) joins in on a celebration in a Brazilian restaurant

Atom Egoyan’s film is one that you will either love or hate. I fall somewhere in the middle as the following review will demonstrate.

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Director/Writer Merawi Gerima’s Captivating RESIDUE — Streaming on Netflix

By Lady Beverly Cohn: The Road to Hollywood
in :  Entertainment
Obinna Nwachukwu as Jay chats with a resident of Q-Street

From the very first opening shot, one knew immediately that RESIDUE* was going to be a brilliant, cinematic work of art.  Graduate of USC School of Cinematic Arts, first-time film director Merawi Gerima took his time in shooting the establishing shots – a series of slightly veiled, sometimes muffled sounds ranging from a protest evolving in slow motion and a police presence, to a street performer entertaining a crowd of spectators.

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Jeremy Hersh’s Quietly Powerful “The Surrogate”

By Lady Beverly Cohn: The Road to Hollywood
in :  Entertainment
Sullivan Jones,

There is something uniquely theatrical in writer/director Jeremy Hersh’s intimate film, The Surrogate. This insightful story unfolds almost as if you were watching a play with the highly professional acting associated with that art form. The characters are totally developed, supporting the believable, excellent dialogue.

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