by David Ferguson | May 16, 2019 | Featured, Movie Reviews, Movies
Greetings again from the darkness. Werner Herzog has been one of the most prolific filmmakers over the past six decades, and with so many projects, it’s not surprising that his films range from very good (AGUIRRE: THE WRATH OF GOD) to fascinating (GRIZZLY MAN) to...
by David Ferguson | May 16, 2019 | Featured, Movie Reviews, Movies
Greetings again from the darkness. Sometimes the message of a movie is so much more important than the production quality that we can look past the ‘how’ that would normally make watching a chore, and instead focus on the ‘what’ and the ‘why’ to find enlightenment....
by David Ferguson | May 13, 2019 | Movie Reviews, Movies
NEVER LOOK AWAY (Werk ohne Autor) 2018, Germany Greetings again from the darkness. As much as we pride ourselves on ‘artistic freedom’, the reality is that politics has long played a vital role – either as inadvertent inspiration for the work, or as organized...
by David Ferguson | May 11, 2019 | Festivals, Movies
The 8th annual Oak Cliff Film Festival (#OCFF2019) runs June 6-9, 2019 and co-founders Barak Epstein and Jason Reimer are back to provide a unique experience blending films, music, parties, workshops and the local flavor of one of Texas’ most distinctive communities....
by David Ferguson | May 10, 2019 | Featured, Movie Reviews, Movies
Greetings again from the darkness. As fascinated as we are with great writers, the cinematic appeal of watching someone put pen to paper, clack away on a manual typewriter, or peck at their laptop keyboard is at best negligible, and more likely, non-existent. Still,...