Dogs Don’t Wear Pants
Dog's Don’t Wear Pants follows a widowed father who meets a dominatrix and enters into the world of BDSM.
Crystal Harrell
Exploring the Hyper-Violence and Societal Manipulation of Gamer
While glazed over with gratuitous amounts of gore, brutality, and overt sexuality, the 2009 science fiction film Gamer’s surface-level thrills house a time capsule—a message from the past that is even more relevant now than it was over ten years ago when the movie was released.
The Flavorful Union of Food and Sex in Tampopo (1985)
Director Jûzô Itami’s 1985 comedy Tampopo draws parallels between two inherent human needs: the consumption of food and the consummation of relationships between people.
Dani – 5 Questions for Film Director Lizzy Hogenson
Won Best Animated Short at the 2019 Palm Springs International ShortFest. The short film, Dani, focuses on a...
Best in Show at the 2019 Palm Springs Short Film Festival
The 25th Annual Palm Springs International Short Film Festival showcased over 300 films from around the world during its run from June 18 to June 24.
Look Closer: The Rise and Fall of Robert Benfer – Interview with Film Director Cruz Moore
Palm Springs-based filmmaker Cruz Moore will be premiering his first documentary, Look Closer: The Rise and Fall of...
The Guilty
Serving as the Danish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film category at the 91st Academy Awards, The Guilty is a thrilling drama that takes place entirely inside an emergency call center.
Buck Run – Interview with Film Director Nick Frangione
Director Nick Frangione's new drama, Buck Run starring James Le Gros and Nolan Lyons, had its world premiere at the Palm Springs International Film Festival.
Shirkers
Shirkers tells the true story of how Tan and a group of friends attempted to make the first Singapore road movie as teenagers in the summer of 1992.
Everybody Knows
Mystery is afoot in Asghar Farhadi’s Spanish thriller, which is set in the confines a European village where a wedding is to take place.
Buck Run
Director Nick Frangione’s indie drama Buck Run follows 15-year-old Shaw as he copes with the death of his mother and goes to live with his estranged father in their rural Pennsylvania town.
Hidden Man
Acting as the Chinese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film category at the 91st Academy Awards, this is the third installment of his action-packed film trilogy and based on the novel Xia Yin by author Zhang Beihai.
The Man Who Feels No Pain
The old adage goes, “no pain, no gain,” but that can be a problem when it’s impossible for you to feel any sort of pain even after getting hurt. Vasan Bala’s Hindi action comedy is blatant in its title, as it follows protagonist Surya who has a rare condition which prohibits him from feeling physical pain.
Cake
The personal developments and discoveries of one family as three grown siblings unite after their parents become ill.
The Great Gatsby
Baz Luhrmann’s movie adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1925 novel, The Great Gatsby, was held in much anticipation among the likes of literature junkies, DiCaprio fanatics, and box office skeptics.