If you are a fan of pure silliness, Swedefest is sure to be up your alley. The popular film festival that showcases bad films made by good people has returned. This year, the fest, which is presented by The Palm Beach…
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When David (Jon Bass), who is Jewish, and his fiance, Meg (Meghan Leathers), who is Catholic, invite her parents for the first time to meet his parents, nerves run high. After all, David’s mom Ellen (Kyra Sedgwick) is not too…
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By Rachel Galvin A troubled comic sits in the green room in front of a lit-up mirror (David Verdaguer) holding his head in his hands. He is supposed to go on stage in mere minutes, yet his mind is a…
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By Rachel Galvin Anyone who is in the “Sandwich Generation” will know the stress of caring for ailing parents and children at the same time. This anxiety can lead to conflicts with interpersonal relationships and problems learning to cope. This…
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By Rachel Galvin As the streets of Iran have erupted with protestors enraged at the killing of a 22-year-old woman who dared to show a little too much hair from beneath her head scarf, a film called “Holy Spider” comes…
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By Rachel Galvin As World War II rages and Jews are being rounded up by Nazis, a young 13-year-old Polish Jewish girl named Sara and her brother are instructed by their parents to escape before it is too late. As…
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By Rachel Galvin Photos by from Michelle Shwarzstein (Brainstorm Media) In the new Australian film “How to Please a Woman,” directed by Renee Webster, Gina (Sally Phillips) is a frustrated woman in her 50s in an unsatisfying marriage and unappreciated…
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By Rachel Galvin Joe Bell (Mark Wahlberg) walks a walk of penance in this film named after his moniker. It tells the true story of this man who treks across the United States from Oregon to New York preaching the…
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By Rachel Galvin As the Cuban Missle crisis ramps up, Grenville Wynne, an unassuming English salesman played by Bernadict Cumberbatch, has been recruited by MI6 and a beautiful CIA operative (Rachel Brosnahan,known for playing Midge in “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”)…
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