State Theatre New Jersey presents The Princess Bride: An Inconceivable Evening with Cary Elwes

(NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ) -- State Theatre New Jersey presents The Princess Bride: An Inconceivable Evening with Cary Elwes on Saturday, October 19, 2024 at 8:00pm. After a screening of the iconic movie, The Princess Bride, actor Cary Elwes (Westly) will engage in a moderated discussion for a behind-the-scenes look at life on and off the set of the classic film revealing never-before-shared secrets and tales of inconceivable antics. Moderated by journalist and musician Alex Biese.

New Jersey Film Festival Video Interview with A Little Family Drama Filmmakers

by Vic Fern - published 2024-09-25
Here is the New Jersey Film Festival Fall 2024 A Little Family Drama Filmmaker Q+A with Director/Co-Writer Nadia Zoe, Producer/Co-Writer/Actor Ramon Torres and Festival Director Al Nigrin.

New Release Review - "The Substance"

by Eric Hillis, TheMovieWaffler.com - published 2024-09-24
Seven years after she rehabilitated the disreputable rape-revenge genre by leaning into its excesses with her debut Revenge, French writer/director Coralie Fargeat has made her English language debut with The Substance, bringing Demi Moore back into the spotlight with what might be her career best performance, and certainly her most daring.

Elegant experimental film Lamiai debuts at the Fall 2024 New Jersey Film Festival on Friday, September 27

by Anita LaBelle - published 2024-09-24
Culminating in the finale of Albert Gabriel’s Nigrin latest trilogy composed of prior films Dream Screen and Pizzica, Lamiai is the third installment of Nigrin’s expedition into the mesh-like experimental framework that is surreal storytelling.

Heartfelt Feature Comedy A Little Family Drama screens at the New Jersey Film Festival

by Anran Li - published 2024-09-23
Regardless of culture, generation, or ethnicity, when it comes to “family,” we all share some universal memories of tears and joy condensed into a dinner gathering. The nostalgia is mixed with chaotic arguments, moms gossiping about who recently got married, shouting, “Who took my spatula?!” Kids run in and out, sneaking a few cookies and taking the kitchen heat and aroma out as they pass the poker table. Stories about domestic scenarios are never-ending classics, printed with certain generational marks, but the essence remains. In his novel Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy states, "All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." Somehow, a hundred years later, this observation is proven true by a Mexican American family in A Little Family Drama. With an idealist, reckless son, a diligent, underappreciated daughter, a comedian uncle, an outcast, and ceaseless fights between a mother and a daughter, the Sepulvedas seem to resemble the folks in each of our families. Still, the collision of progressiveness and the lingering traditional values, ambition of self-realization, and responsibility compose captivating conflicts that bring laughter and tears to the screening room.  

Transformative and tantric experimental Pizzica premieres at the Fall 2024 New Jersey Film Festival on Friday, September 27!

by Anita LaBelle - published 2024-09-22
Pizzica, directed by Albert Gabriel Nigrin, transforms a traditional folk dance into a mesmerizing minefield full of trances, traps, temptations, and tunnels.

New Jersey Film Festival Video Interview with Experimental Filmmaker Albert Gabriel Nigrin

by Vic Fern - published 2024-09-21
Anita Labelle, Assistant Director of the NJ Film Festival sits down at EBTV with experimental filmmaker Albert Gabriel Nigrin whose films will be featured in a special "Retrospective" on Friday September 27, 2024.

New Release Review - "Speak No Evil"

by Eric Hillis, TheMovieWaffler.com - published 2024-09-20
Christian Tafdrup's Speak No Evil is a grim Danish thriller that gained some global attention for its gruesome and cynical denouement. It's also an often hilarious satire of Northern European social mores in the manner of Ruben Östlund and Kristoffer Borgli. The film sees a Danish family accept an invitation to visit the home of the Dutch family they met while holidaying in Italy. Over the course of a long weekend the Danes become increasingly rattled by the behaviour of their Dutch hosts until things take a violent turn. Tafdrup uses this scenario to mine black comedy from the culture clash of Nordic reserve and Dutch extravagance. But while the movie functions very well as a social satire, it falls apart in its final act when it veers into full-on thriller mode. The joke of the Danes allowing themselves to be increasingly bullied by their Dutch hosts is ultimately stretched too far, reaching a point where their actions become laughable for unintended reasons.

New Jersey Film Festival Fall 2024 Filmmaker Interview with The Horse Tail Director Justyna Łuczaj-Salej!

by Al Nigrin - published 2024-09-18
Justyna Łuczaj-Salej’s visceral feature The Horse Tail screens at the Fall 2024 New Jersey Film Festival on Sunday, September 22. The film will be Online for 24 Hours on this date. Here is the interview I conducted with Justyna via the internet.