recounting the Florida-based businessman Rodney Hyden’s audacious quest for a quick fortune after his business crumbles during the 2008 financial crisis. Hyden embarks on a daring mission to
The protagonists, believably played by Tessa Thompson and Lily James whose strong performances ground the film, contend with inadequate healthcare access, housing insecurity, poverty, and the opioid crisis, in an overall densely bleak atmosphere that gets underneath the skin. Its ‘desperate times-...
— Good Girls by Alejandra Marquez Abella, about the impact of Mexico’s 1982 economic crisis on a wealthy couple: “I thought it was wonderfully achieved.” Article content — Benjamin Naishtat’s Rojo, about the victims of the Argentina’s “dirty war” in the 1970s: “A...
(Prescription Addiction Intervention Now), an advocacy group targeting the Sackler family for manufacturing and distributing OxyContin, a deeply addictive drug that has exacerbated the opioid crisis. It is about the bonds of community, the dangers of repression, and how art and politics are the ...
the years she spent in New York City LGBTQ subcultures, and explains how she eventually made it her mission to hold the Sackler family accountable for the opioid crisis. It's not just one of the best documentaries of 2022; it's one of the best films of 2022, period. —Allison Picurro...
For example, staff members at the Action Wellness health center in Philadelphia see comparisons with the growing opioid crisis. According to behavioral health specialist Jeanmarie Zippo, the alignments are clear: "There’s a tremendous amount of misinformation, stereotypes, and...
In the present, Goldin marshals allies and arranges for protests at some of the art world’s most esteemed museums in order to bring attention to the role played by the obscenely wealthy Sackler family in the opioid crisis, which nearly claimed Goldin’s own life a few years earlier. Poitras...
" an interconnected documentary based on the life of activist and photographer Nan Goldin. Featuring archival footage and interviews with Goldin herself, the film also hones in on Goldin'sfight against the Sackler family, whom she deemed responsible for the opioid crisis. The film won the Golden...
, there's great stuff to look forward to in every genre. By the end of 2023, with this lineup and everything else coming out throughout the year, we might be looking back at 2023 as one of the truly great film years. Here are the films coming out in 2023 to get excited about....
No one would've ever thought that a movie about cleaning toilets could be so riveting, yet here isWim Wenders'spoetic filmPerfect Days.A co-production between Japan and Germany combines four short stories that starsKōji Yakushoin the role of a toilet cleaner, a dedicated man who gives as ...