by David Ferguson | Oct 10, 2024 | Featured Post, Movie Reviews, Movies
Tweet Greetings again from the darkness. There is no reason for me to write much about this one. I’m clearly not part of the target audience, and if I had realized ahead of time that writer-director Susannah Grant was also responsible for CATCH AND RELEASE (2006), I...
by David Ferguson | Oct 9, 2024 | Featured Post, Movie Reviews, Movies
Tweet Greetings again from the darkness. They consider themselves “the guardians of the sea”. My guess is that most of us have never heard of the haenyeos, the women divers on Jeju Island in South Korea. Director Sue Kim introduces us to these remarkable women who are...
by David Ferguson | Oct 9, 2024 | Featured Post, Movie Reviews, Movies
Tweet Greetings again from the darkness. Is it nostalgia? Is it history? Is it activism? Is it entertainment? This documentary from Erik Nelson is all of the above and more. It’s an incredible treat for viewers as well as providing a snapshot in time of a week that...
by David Ferguson | Oct 6, 2024 | Featured Post, Movie Reviews, Movies
Tweet Greetings again from the darkness. With so many short films being released each year, I usually try not to devote too much time to them until the Oscar short list is announced. That’s the point when the narrowing down has occurred and there is a manageable list...
by David Ferguson | Oct 3, 2024 | Featured Post, Movie Reviews, Movies
Tweet Greetings again from the darkness. The best movies revolving around alcoholism usually make us feel like we are intruding on someone’s personal train wreck. Three that come to mind, each resulting in at least one Oscar, are LEAVING LAS VEGAS (1995), DAYS OF WINE...
