by David Ferguson | May 14, 2026 | Featured Post, Movie Reviews, Movies
Tweet Greetings again from the darkness. Stories on geopolitics are almost always interesting, and this latest from writer-director Olivier Assayas (CARLOS, 2010) and co-writer Emmanuel Carrere is also quite timely, given the current state of international events. The...
by David Ferguson | May 8, 2026 | Movie Reviews, Movies
Tweet Greetings again from the darkness. You likely know that an octopus has eight limbs (the name is a giveaway). Did you also know they have nine brains and three hearts? Anything else you need to know about the species, at least for this movie, will be explained by...
by David Ferguson | May 7, 2026 | Featured Post, Movie Reviews, Movies
Tweet Greetings again from the darkness. The first feature film from writer-director Sophy Romvari has been well received on the festival circuit, and it’s easy to see why so many have been drawn in by this Canadian- Hungarian production. It’s a deeply personal film...
by David Ferguson | Apr 24, 2026 | Featured Post, Movie Reviews, Movies
Tweet Greetings again from the darkness. Thoreau famously wrote, “The mass of men live lives of quiet desperation.” That quote may overstate the being of the staff at The Grand, a 100-year-old hotel that once provided service for royalty, but now the seaside inn is...
by David Ferguson | Apr 23, 2026 | Movie Reviews, Movies
Tweet Greetings again from the darkness. Memorable movies need not have a huge budget or special effects. All that’s needed is an interesting story and characters we care about. Screenwriter Robert Machoian (the excellent THE KILLING OF TWO LOVERS, 2020) fully...
