David Archive

Greetings again from the darkness. Thirty years is an eternity in the film making world. Only a few dozen movies even get a cable run in year two. So, it’s worth noting, and maybe even magical, when a movie is beloved and worshiped by ...Read More

Greetings again from the darkness. Maybe the best part of “based on a true story” movies is that they allow for a quick spotlight on both unheralded heroes and under-the-radar injustices around the globe. The first feature from writer/director Zeresenay Mehari brings warranted attention ...Read More

Greetings again from the darkness. If you have ever watched Jonathan Demme’s 1986 film SOMETHING WILD, imagine what the characters of Melanie Griffith and Jeff Daniels would have been like in high school. That gives you some idea of Margo and Quentin in this ...Read More

Greetings again from the darkness. Cary Joji Fukunaga has quickly established himself as an expert storyteller with his previous writing and directing of SIN NOMBRE (2009), JANE EYRE (2011) and the fascinating and conversation-sparking first season of “True Detective” (he did not direct the ...Read More

Greetings again from the darkness. In what is one of the oddest real life stories I have ever seen, director Crystal Moselle takes her camera inside the Lower East Side apartment of the Angulo family – 6 brothers, one sister, and their parents. In ...Read More

Greetings again from the darkness. A director’s first feature film is often the most personal of their career, which always adds an element of interest. Leah Yananton writes, directs, produces and acts in this story that focuses on the self-discovery of a young woman ...Read More

Greetings again from the darkness. Dallas loves Dirk. The reasons why become obvious during this biopic that takes us from Dirk’s youth basketball league in Germany through his NBA Finals, while including significantly more information on his family and personal life than we have ...Read More