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 For more than four decades, Diane Warren’s songs have graced our movie screens and soundtracks with memorable melodies. Known around the world for hits like “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing” and “Because You Loved Me,” Warren’s penmanship has led to her receiving an astonishing fifteen Oscar nominations – more than any other songwriter in history. Despite this massive success, a little golden man has eluded her time and time again. Bess Kargman’s documentary, Diane Warren: Relentless, reveals the private persona behind the public persona. Through intimate interviews and behind-the-scenes looks, we discover what drives Warren’s tireless work ethic and what fuels her competitive spirit to take home that Oscar. Renowned singers like Cher, Lady Gaga and LeAnn Rimes offer insight into collaborating with the revered hitmaker. We also meet Warren's family and friends, and gain perspectives beyond her professional accomplishments. Director: Bess Kargman Stars: Jerry Bruckheimer, Cher, Common...

In the heart of the Las Vegas Strip, a showgirl named Shelly (Pamela Anderson) loves nothing more than performing in her casino show, The Razzle Dazzle. She's seen dancers come and go over the show's 37 years, but she's been there since day one with all these crazy stories of yesteryear that she happily shares with her coworkers Jodie (Kiernan Shipka) and Mary-Anne (Brenda Song), whether they want to hear them or not. Eddie (Dave Bautista), her longtime producer, informs them that The Razzle Dazzle will eventually close down and be replaced by a popular new circus strip show. As her time in the spotlight draws to a close, Shelly must grapple with her future while still clinging to making every show she performs count. Gia Coppola pulls back the curtain on the glitz and glamour seen in the movies and illustrates Las Vegas as what it has become in recent times: a desolate ghost town. Filmed on location, The Last Showgirl highlights the deteriorating state of Las Vegas, as evi...

 When Squid Game took the world by storm back in September 2021 I was way behind the curve and was probably one of the last people on the planet to see it. Story of my life as I always seem to start binge-watching series the second they start to dip in public popularity but thankfully for me Squid Game stayed very relevant for a very long time. That was the only thought racing through my mind as I started the second season of Squid Game. Released in 2021, the first season became a worldwide phenomenon—so much so that I need not remind you of its immense popularity. Stars: Lee Jung-jae, Wi Ha-joon, Lee Byung-hun What's important, however, is the context of my opinion. Like most people, I fell in love with the first season (I even re-watched it to get my parents into it, and they loved it too!). I was eager to see where the story would go next. Interestingly, I never wrote a review for the first season. I remember saying in a post that I don't like to write reviews unless I have ...

 The latest edition of the Tribeca Film Festival comes to a close in New York City, leaving behind another strong year for new releases, retrospectives, and genre events. Tribeca 2024 featured the new release of Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala’s ultra-dark The Devil’s Bath, the raucous slasher AMFAD: All My Friends Are Dead, the sticky sci-fi horror comedy The A-Frame, and the dusty neo-noir horror A Desert, to name a few of this year’s genre offerings. But the festival’s genre offerings don’t stop at the midnight programming, a section dedicated to horror and high-energy genre cinema. Director: Roberto Minervini Writer: Roberto Minervini Stars: Duncan Vezain, Jeremiah Knupp, René W. Solomon Below is a roundup of brief reflections and short reviews of Tribeca’s narrative films that either delve into horror or crash into it in surprising ways. Director Thordur Palsson, who co-wrote the script with Jamie Hannigan (“The Woman in the Wall”), blends 19th-century survival thrills with a...