Author: Carlotta Plys-Garzotto

Carlotta Plys-Garzotto was born in Chicago and attended acting and drama therapy school in New York City. She recently relocated to Los Angeles to try out the film industry.
Carlotta has always been drawn to the arts whether it's visual, writing, theatre, or film. She has recently been taking improv classes at Upright Citizens Brigade.
Carlotta is a Leo with an Aquarius moon. She loves making music videos, eating ice cream, and traveling.

Esmer’s 10 to 11 is grounded and touching

You can watch Pelin Esmer’s 10 to 11 as part of Turner Classic Movies “Women Make Film” series on 9/16 at 5:15 AM. TCM will feature films from 12 decades—and representing 44 countries—totaling 100 classic and current titles all created by women. Read more about this here!  Pelin Esmer wrote and directed 10 to 11 based on her uncle, who actually… Continue reading Esmer’s 10 to 11 is grounded and touching

‘A Beautiful Day in Our Neighborhood’ Continues the Positive Legacy of Mr. Rogers

  It seems like the world could always learn a lesson in kindness and emotional growth, and in this time of social distancing, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood is more relevant than ever. Giorgi and Carly first saw this movie in theaters last year, and revisit it now over a Facetime hangout to discuss… Continue reading ‘A Beautiful Day in Our Neighborhood’ Continues the Positive Legacy of Mr. Rogers

‘Premature’ (2019): Review by FF2 Media

Premature, written by Zora Howard and Rashaad Ernesto Green, is an incredible coming of age film. Seventeen-year-old “Ayanna” (Zora Howard) is a poet from Harlem with big plans to go to a fancy school in the fall. After unexpectedly falling in love with “Isiah” (Joshua Boone), Ayanna is forced to grow up fast as adulthood… Continue reading ‘Premature’ (2019): Review by FF2 Media

‘Buffaloed’ (2019): Review by FF2 Media

In Buffaloed, directed by Tanya Wexler, “Peg Dahl” (Zoey Deutch) is the female Wolf of Wall Street. Except instead of taking from the rich via hedge funds, she is collecting debt from the poor. (CPG 2/5)  Peg has always been obsessed with money. Growing up extremely poor and, after losing her dad, watching her mom… Continue reading ‘Buffaloed’ (2019): Review by FF2 Media

Lively and Law Are the Only Redeeming Aspects of ‘The Rhythm Section’

The Rhythm Section, directed by Reed Morano, was sadly off beat. “Stephanie Patrick” (Blake Lively) loses her mother, father, brother, and sister all at once in a terrible plane crash. When a reporter, “Proctor” (Raza Jaffrey) tells her that the “crash” was actually a planned terrorist attack, Stephanie decides to get revenge by any means… Continue reading Lively and Law Are the Only Redeeming Aspects of ‘The Rhythm Section’

‘A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood’ Encompasses Pain and Beauty of Life

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood is a truly “beautiful” film. Love, pain, a family working through their issues — it’s got it all. The film is centered around the beloved children’s show host Mister Rogers and a reporter assigned to write an article about why he is a hero. Director Marielle Heller managers to… Continue reading ‘A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood’ Encompasses Pain and Beauty of Life

‘Sequestrada’ (2019): Review by FF2 Media

Sequestrada, written and directed by Sabrina McCormick and Soopum Sohn, has an immediacy to it. Tackling global warming, the destruction of the Amazon Rainforest, and the displacement of indigenous people in Brazil, the drama comes close to being a documentary, largely shot in a documentary style. The film centers around a young indigenous woman, “Kamodjara”… Continue reading ‘Sequestrada’ (2019): Review by FF2 Media

WATSON (2019): Review by FF2 Media

Lesley Chilcott’s documentary Watson is not a Sherlock Holmes adventure, but it is just as exciting and mysterious as you’d expect one to be. Instead, Chilcott is focusing on a man named Paul Watson who has spent over four decades fearlessly protecting sea life. This film is as educational as it is entertaining–discussing the morals,… Continue reading WATSON (2019): Review by FF2 Media

PARADISE HILLS (2019): Review by FF2 Media

  Alice Waddington displays the core evils of a capitalistic society through her direction and cowriting of the mesmerizing world shown in Paradise Hills–everything has a price, even loyalty. “Uma” (Emma Roberts) grew up wealthy, so her family requires her to marry a rich man (whom Uma despises). After putting up a fight about it,… Continue reading PARADISE HILLS (2019): Review by FF2 Media

‘Serendipity’ Doc Fully Immerses Viewer into a Life with Cancer

Serendipity documents life from Prune Nourry’s point of view; the French artist directed the film as she was coming to terms with her breast cancer diagnosis. Nourry films in a personal, first person perspective, letting us see her private spaces and the inside of her mind. She uses the film as a way to fully… Continue reading ‘Serendipity’ Doc Fully Immerses Viewer into a Life with Cancer