Palm Springs Film Festival

Racist Trees

By Rob Rector | January 2023

With overt ties to slavery, Confederate statues are an easy target for removal as America slowly undergoes its institutional racial reckoning. Directors…

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With overt ties to slavery, Confederate statues are an easy target for removal as America slowly undergoes its institutional racial reckoning. Directors...

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PALM SPRINGS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2023 REVIEW! When the pandemic lockdown occurred in 2020, unbeknownst to all of us, we were on the cusp of a...

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Think of a mafia film, and already Coppola and Scorsese jump to the top of the list. I’ve seen The Irishman at least three times now, and I can’t even...

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Director Yung Chang’s This is Not a Movie presents us with a simple, yet somewhat provocative title. A title that won’t make sense until the end of...

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Kantemir Balagov's Beanpole (or its original Russian title Dyida) does something that a lot of films about WWII typically don't. It shows us the ravages...

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In 1999, Kosovo was devastated by war. In the span of two years, 13,500 people were killed, and the emotional wounds and memories of war are still with its...

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To say that Instinct is a controversial film would be an understatement (or it’s me misreading today’s culture). Director Halina Reijn dives right into...

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I firmly believe comedies are the hardest to pull off cinematically and even harder are foreign language comedies as translated lines don’t always do the...

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You may know Vince Van Patten from a lot of everything. I know him as a host/commentator on the World Poker Tour. He is also the son of legendary actor...

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Most notable for his countless Shakespearean adaptations and performances, Kenneth Branagh takes on the bard himself in All Is True. Upon its opening...

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