"FAST COLOR (2019)"

Fast Color is the kind of movie I've been waiting to see made for a while, and one we're likely to see more of in coming years. It uses the big money buzz of superhero movies, but bucks all the spandex and villain clichés to instead make a smaller, more intimate feeling movie in a genre generally unrepresented when superhuman abilities are in play. One about family and one focused specifically on the relationships between mothers and daughters, but yes, also there are superpowers.

"Disneynature: PENGUINS (2019)"

Disneynature: PENGUINS (2019)
By: Hunter Bush
For: Moviejawn

Disneynature's latest doc Penguins is 70 minutes of extremely beautiful nature footage strung together by a decently entertaining narrative about 5-year old Adélie penguin Steve (voiced by Ed Helms who also narrates) and his attempt to start his own penguin family and then to keep that family safe and well-fed. I mean, yeah, it's pretty basic animal doc stuff here, but for what it's worth the Disneynature crew do a pretty solid job all in about the run time of an average Doctor Who episode.

"THE CHANGELING (1980)"

THE CHANGELING (1980)
By: Hunter Bush
For: Moviejawn

It would be easy to compare The Changeling to more recent films; to imagine what it would be like were it made or remade in the now-times, but that would be doing The Changeling a huge disservice. I generally try to approach each film on its own terms and judge it for what it is, though I will admit this is easier with older films for some reason. Honestly the thought never crossed my mind with The Changeling because as it turns out, this movie is, as they say "extremely my shit". I was hooked from the opening scene.

"SALVADOR DALÍ: IN SEARCH OF IMMORTALITY (2018)"

SALVADOR DALÍ: IN SEARCH OF IMMORTALITY (2018)
By: Hunter Bush

Salvador Dalí is a painter most known for his surrealist works, (famously The Persistence of Memory perhaps better known as The Melting Clocks) and his eccentric personal style and demeanor (that 45 degree angle mustache and his quote "Dalí does not take drugs. Dalí is drugs."). But if that's all you know of the man, you're missing a much deeper story. David Pujol's 2018 documentary Dalí: In Search of Immortality sets out to show you what a cursory glance at the life of Dalí would miss.