Film Festival Today - The Business of Film and Entertainment - Part 27

Middleburg Interview with “Hedda” Star Nina Hoss

October 27, 2025

Middleburg Interview with “Come See Me in the Good Light” Director Ryan White

October 27, 2025

Interview with “Mistress Dispeller” Director Elizabeth Lo

October 24, 2025

“Regretting You” Is Too Goofy for Its Own Good

October 24, 2025

Middleburg Review: “Hamnet”

October 21, 2025

“Back to Black” Needs Rehab

May 16, 2024

“Nightwatch: Demons are Forever” Ups the Ante

May 16, 2024

“Mind Body Spirit” Is Lacking

May 6, 2024

“The Fall Guy” Is a Fun Mess

May 3, 2024

“Jeanne du Barry” Remains a Cipher

May 1, 2024

Maryland Film Festival Celebrates 25

May 1, 2024

“Infested” Offers Sick Thrills

April 24, 2024

“Max Beyond” Is Thrilling If Clunky

April 22, 2024

“Abigail” Delights with Jokes and Gore

April 19, 2024

“Dusk for a Hitman” Mostly Hits Target

April 18, 2024

Middleburg Interview with “Hedda” Star Nina Hoss
By Christopher Llewellyn Reed
October 27, 2025
In the new film Hedda, from director Nia DaCosta (Candyman), German actress Nina Hoss (TÁR) plays Eileen Lovborg, former lover of the main character and now professional rival to that person’s new husband. An adaptation of Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen’s 1891 play Hedda Gabler, the movie switches Eileen’s original gender from male to female (he is “Eilert” in the source text), and also moves the action to 1950s England. These changes ... >>
Middleburg Interview with “Come See Me in the Good Light” Director Ryan White
By Christopher Llewellyn Reed
October 27, 2025
Documentarian Ryan White is nothing if not prolific, tackling a great variety of issues as he goes. In his latest movie, Come See Me in the Good Light, he profiles the late spoken-word poet Andrea Gibson (who was non-binary and used they/them pronouns), who died on July 14 of this year, fours years after receiving a diagnosis of ovarian cancer in 2021. Appointed the Poet Laureate of Colorado in 2023, Gibson was a star in their field. White ... >>
Interview with “Mistress Dispeller” Director Elizabeth Lo
By Christopher Llewellyn Reed
October 24, 2025
The documentary Mistress Dispeller premiered at the 2024 Venice Film Festival (I reviewed it out of Toronto) and is now finally, in 2025, coming out in theaters via Oscilloscope (released October 22 in New York and today, October 24, in Los Angeles). In the movie, Lo (Stray) examines the titular Chinese profession, where someone (usually a betrayed wife) hires an outside party to break up an extramarital dalliance, With remarkable access to her ... >>
Middleburg Review: “Come See Me in the Good Light”
By Christopher Llewellyn Reed
October 20, 2025
Come See Me in the Good Light (Ryan White, 2025) 4 out of 5 stars Spoken-word poet Andrea Gibson died on July 14 of this year, at the age of 49, of ovarian cancer, leaving behind their partner—fellow poet Megan Falley—a number of pets, and a formidable body of work. In Ryan White’s latest documentary, Come See Me in the Good Light, we follow Gibson’s pre- and post-diagnosis journey, learning details of their life and anticipating their eventual ... >>
Middleburg Review: “Left-Handed Girl”
By Christopher Llewellyn Reed
October 17, 2025
Left-Handed Girl (Shih-Ching Tsou, 2025) 4½ out of 5 stars First-time solo director Shih-Ching Tsou has been working with filmmaker Sean Baker since the early aughts, beginning with a movie they co-directed, the 2004 Take Out. After that, she produced his 2012 Starlet, 2015 Tangerine, 2016 short film Snowbird, 2017 The Florida Project, and 2021 Red Rocket. Making her debut behind the camera on her own, with Left-Handed Girl, Tsou nevertheless ... >>

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