AFCC member Matt Goldberg reviews #TheRoses, which he says "The emphasis on the twisted love story helps Roach’s version stand apart from Danny DeVito’s 1989 film" https://www.commentarytrack.net/p/the-roses-is-a-funny-biting-portrait #AFCC #MovieReview

AFCC member Jonathan Hickman reviews #NeZha2" which he says "is a weird by entertaining experience": https://www.times-herald.com/arts_and_community/reviews/ne-zha-ii/article_6c2b8ee4-4125-4474-8cb8-5afe86a1ff4f.html #AFCC #MovieReview

AFCC member Sammie Purcell reviews #HoneyDont which she says "Should have worked, but didn’t – that could be the tagline for “Honey Don’t!” https://roughdraftatlanta.com/2025/08/22/honey-dont-should-work-but-just-doesnt-hit-the-mark/ #AFCC #MovieReview

AFCC member Matt Goldberg reviews #Relay which he says "David Mackenzie’s movie excels at maneuvering through a surveillance state with bottomless corporate power until it drops a useless twist that undermines everything that came before." https://commentarytrack.net/p/relay-ending-explained?r=18rsqp&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false #AFCC

AFCC member Christopher Campbell reviews the documentary 'My Undesirable Friends: Part I - Last Air in Moscow' which he says "My Undesirable Friends is more intimate than most observational documentaries of its kind." https://www.nonfics.com/p/my-undesirable-friends-part-i-last-air-in-moscow-review #AFCC #Documentary

AFCC member Jonathan Hickman reviews #Nobody2 which he says Bob Odenkirk's character Hutch as "John Wick-like is still enduring, but the film mainly works for the ruthless supporting performance by Sharon Stone" https://www.times-herald.com/arts_and_community/reviews/nobody-2/article_dad98ac7-630f-4ab9-955d-dc6364d72a54.html #AFCC #MovieReview

AFCC member Sammie Purcell has some big news about the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival https://roughdraftatlanta.com/2025/08/14/atlanta-jewish-film-festival-rebrands-to-atl-jewish-film/ #AFCC #FilmFestival

AFCC member Stephen Michael Brown reviews #Highest2Lowest which he says director Spike Lee "appears to have a lot on his mind, including how to spend one’s time making art and impacting society" https://silverscreencapture.com/latest-spike-denzel-collab-highest-2-lowest-slow-to-find-footing/ #AFCC #MovieReview

Just up the road a bit is Athens Film Festival which starts today with a great lineup! https://athensfilm.com #FilmFestival #AthensFilmFestival

AFCC member Matt Goldberg reviews #Nobody2 saying "There’s still the enjoyment of watching the 62-year-old Odenkirk do a John Wick thing but the film feels more like it’s teasing its climactic action scene" https://www.commentarytrack.net/p/nobody-2-review-are-we-there-yet #AFCC #MovieReview