Alan Ng

Up There

By Alan Ng | October 2019

Michael Blaustein and Daniel Weingarten’s Up There tells the tale of two deeply flawed human beings, one by choice and the other…

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Michael Blaustein and Daniel Weingarten’s Up There tells the tale of two deeply flawed human beings, one by choice and the other by circumstance, and how...

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Director Molly Stuart’s documentary Objector is very political, to say the least. It hits on a very current crisis, and quite frankly, I don’t...

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Dreams are a powerful entity. It can be a great motivator pointing toward a better life, or it can devastate a person, when unfulfilled. Writer/director...

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In our minds, this idea of globalism is a noble one, and efforts to reach across the ocean are again…a noble one. But when put into practice, it’s an...

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Movies are a way of reminding ourselves we’re complex human beings. We like to avoid pain, and even better, we want to put off facing our pain and moving...

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Hava, Maryam, Ayesha is a three-part anthology by director Sahraa Karimi about three Afghan women from these differing social backgrounds living in the...

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Biopics either play out a person’s life story in a single narrative or take a moment in its subject’s life and focuses in on a single poignant event....

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Did you know there is a professional women’s baseball league? It’s true in the form of a biannual event, the Women’s Baseball World Cup. It draws...

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When it comes to reviewing ultra-low-budget indie films, it’s best just to tell you what the film is about and let you decide. 13 Mysteries is a $6,000...

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How many miles would you go to resolve your daddy issues? In James Gray’s Ad Astra, it would be about two and a half billion. Brad Pitt is astronaut...

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