Month: April 2024

Movie of the Week: ‘Maudie’

Jeff Mitchell

Oscar-nominated Sally Hawkins turns 48 years young on April 27, so AHFW wants to celebrate Ms. Hawkins birthday with her beautiful, heartfelt performance as Canadian artist Maud Lewis in “Maudie”. Happy birthday, Sally! “Maudie” (2016) – “I’ll get a job or something.” – Maud Lewis Maud (Sally Hawkins) is soft-spoken, pleasant and kind. For fun, she spends an occasional evening at a club, enjoying a drink and dancing by herself.  One night at the aforementioned club, she soaks up laughter and music but without socializing or speaking to anyone.  Maud…

‘Challengers’ Press Conference

Jeff Mitchell

“Challengers”, an intense love triangle centered around tennis, opens in theatres on April 26, and journalist Kelley L. Carter hosted a press conference with Zendaya, Josh O’Connor, Mike Faist, director Luca Guadagnino, writer Justin Kuritzkes, and producer Amy Pascal.  Kelley and other journalists asked questions, but Art House Film Wire did not and enjoyed listening to the conversation. The team revealed a ton of insight into the filmmaking process, preparing for the film, including tennis lessons! Q:  The story is incredible.  Tell me where (the idea for the story) was…

‘We Grown Now’ is a poetic story about childhood friendship

Jeff Mitchell

“We Grown Now” (2024) – As director/writer Minhal Baig’s film opens, two elementary-age schoolboys, Malik (Blake Cameron James) and Eric (Gian Knight Ramirez), drag a twin-size mattress through the hallway of an apartment building.  With a broken elevator temporally halting the dynamic duo’s expedition, they shuffle to the stairs and, eventually, outside as they lug the 8-foot sleeping apparatus down various streets for an unknown goal.  Well, Malik and Eric attain their ultimate purpose – which will not be revealed in this review – but to give a hint, their…