Alan Ng

Water For Life

By Alan Ng | October 2024

Over the years, I’ve found myself much more sympathetic to the men, women, and families working the land and living a much…

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Over the years, I've found myself much more sympathetic to the men, women, and families working the land and living a much simpler life in contrast to the...

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In Holly M. Kaplan's short film Sunflower Girl, little sisters can be a real pain in the a**. Rosie is a 13-year-old Chinese American girl who visits her...

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In Veronica Mitsuk's short film, When It Hits, Jess and Matt, two step-siblings, are struggling with grief after the loss of their mother. Jess, the...

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NEWFEST FILM FESTIVAL 2024 REVIEW! Often, movies are made for the masses, i.e., us. But sometimes, a movie is made for the artist as a catharsis. Juan...

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NOW IN THEATERS! If you've ever had a friend or family struggle with an addiction, you know that nothing you say or do will change their ways. It seems to...

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NOW IN THEATERS! A Trump movie coming out during a highly contentious election year? What could go wrong? Oddly enough, Ali Abbasi's Trump biopic, The...

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There's a charm to low-budget indie horrors that Hollywood cannot capture. This is undoubtedly true as Joshua Nelson takes on a delicate subject in his...

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In Kyle Hartford's horror short, Death of an Editor, one wonders if you really want to know the details of your death. Ella (Clare Lefebure) is a reclusive...

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A young man must come to grips with his past in Bryan Young's dramatic short, The Lost Boys. Michael (Kingston Young) is having suicidal ideations. Worse,...

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NOW IN THEATERS! Marc Forster's feature film, White Bird, is a pseudo-sequel to the hit family film Wonder (which I have not seen). The film is bookended...

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