by David Ferguson | Nov 26, 2024 | Featured Post, Movie Reviews, Movies
Tweet Greetings again from the darkness. Playwright August Wilson has a nice string of his stage work being adapted for the big screen. First, there was FENCES (2018), then MA RANEY’S BLACK BOTTOM (2022), and now this latest is the first feature film from...
by David Ferguson | Nov 21, 2024 | Featured Post, Movie Reviews, Movies
Tweet Greetings again from the darkness. After so many decades of groups fighting to gain acceptance and rights and freedom, it seems recently there has been entirely too much focus on removing rights from some. Likely the most harrowing example of this is what’s...
by David Ferguson | Nov 21, 2024 | Featured Post, Movie Reviews, Movies
Greetings again from the darkness. While we have grown accustomed to movies about war, this documentary is a true and stunning war movie. There are no special effects or stunt doubles or guns with blanks. The bombs are as real as the three people bringing us an all...
by David Ferguson | Nov 21, 2024 | Featured Post, Movie Reviews, Movies
Tweet Greetings again from the darkness. This would be a tough film to watch even if it wasn’t inspired by true events. Guatemala-born writer-director Jayro Bustamante w-d, Guatemala-born (LA LLORNA, 2019) serves up a fictionalized version of the 2017 tragedy at the...
by David Ferguson | Nov 14, 2024 | Featured Post, Movie Reviews, Movies
Tweet Greetings again from the darkness. In 2022, Kathryn Ferguson released a documentary on singer and activist Sinead O’Connor. It was Ms. Ferguson’s first feature-length documentary, after a few shorts and videos. This time out, her focus is on renowned actor...
