Kristine Froseth – Cut To The Chase

Directed By: Daniel Goldhaber

Written By: Daniel Goldhaber, Ariela Barer and Jordan Sjol

Based On The Book By: Andreas Malm

Cinematography: Tehillah De Castro

Editor: Daniel Garber

Cast Sasha Lane, Ariela Barer, Forrest Goodluck, Jayme Lawson, Marcus Scribner, Kristine Froseth, Lukas Gage, Jake Weary, Irene Bedard

A crew of environmental activists plot a daring plan to disrupt an oil pipeline.

This is an interesting little thriller. As it starts off so anonymously. Then turns into an ecological heist movie. It lives up to its title but the strength is in the storytelling

We see how the plan is all coming together and what everyone’s duties and responsibilities are.

Meanwhile, we get glimpses into the characters’ reasons origins, and what brought them here.

Only in pivotal moments of the storyline. This also shows how the group all came together in the first place. As characters sometimes overlap in these moments.

The film provides plenty of drama, but also plenty of twists, turns, and double-crosses. Even when you think you know what’s going to happen, the film throws either a monkey wrench or what you think will happen but in a different way that you weren’t expecting.

The film is loosely based on the book of the same name which talks about the dilemma and the history of the problem. it is more dramatized and focused on this group of characters and their individual reasons as to why they came together to do this.

The ensemble works as each one is definitely passionate and works well with one another and you are on the edge of your seat plenty of times as this plan goes into effect. Even the aftermath is fascinating. As there is more to tell even during the credits as to the character’s fates. There is still the question was it all worth it?

This film is definitely worth watching even if you’re not necessarily into the politics of the character it works as a heist, film, and as a thriller and a film that examines the issues they are protesting against. Wow, the film provides plenty of suspense.

The film does feel like you are a fly on the wall, including your access to the information as a lot of times the film feels shot on the fly and feels as organic do it yourself and homemade the characters in their plan are.

Oh, the MVP of the film is Ariela Barer as she is the producer, writer, and one of the stars of the film. The film is an ensemble actor and character gets their moments to shine.

Grace: B

Written & Directed By: Sarah Adina Smith
Based on the Book by: A. K. Small
Cinematography: Shaheen Seth
Editor: David Barker

Cast: Diana Silvers, Jacqueline Bisset, Kristine Froseth, Eva Lomby, Caroline Goodall, Daniel Camargo, Osiel Gouneo, Nassim Lyes, Stav Strashko

Two girls at an elite Parisian ballet academy have their bond and bodies tested as they compete for a contract to join the company of the Opéra National de Paris.

This film is an adaptation of a novel. So that it’s not quite the Junior League BLACK SWAN rip off. that many have dubbed it.

Black Swan, for instance, seems to delve more into a kind of psychological breakdown, mixed with what might be supernatural. Here though it does deal with mental strength and breakdowns everything seems to stay in reality.

The film lends itself more to surreal imagery and scenes, though it keeps its feet and head on the ground. As the characters are dealing with many different issues from weight loss to the pressure of competition, deaths, and family, trying to prove themselves, and so on.

While we focus on the two main female characters who bond and our enemies at the same time. Where they are trying to each bond, yet have the upper hand while keeping secrets from one another that it becomes downright shocking who actually betrays who.

As they truly share everything even a bed, as there is only one in their room soon it is lovers’ feelings, emotions, truths, revealing themselves to each other, physically, and mentally sexually

Sure we have seen this before but somehow the film the state captivating Wild, never really reveals too much except about its two subjects.

As they seem to be the only warmth in the cold atmosphere of their situation, and the film. One character, who is warm, learns how to be cold, and the other who starts out cold, learns to become themselves, and thus thaw out.

Soon the film also becomes about identity and knowing oneself. As they both are on their own similar journeys in opposite directions, one ends up in a more purely sexual relationship, and the other ends up in route one that is not as sexual as usual for her, and involves more emotion.

It has beautiful dance sequences throughout and does not shy away from showing the physical cost of that and somewhat financial costs. It also helps that most of the cast is very eye-catching. Luckily, they are also all believable.

The film keeps her interested as it seems too deep. Every time you think you’ve gotten it figured out, even though there is still a ticking time clock on the ending.

The ending doesn’t quite stick to the Landing, even though this is an anti-buddy drama.

That while it stays captivating, it just doesn’t have that cutthroat feeling enough to keep you enraptured.

Grade: C+

Tag: Kristine Froseth

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