by David Ferguson | Sep 5, 2024 | Featured Post, Movie Reviews
WISE GUY: DAVID CHASE AND THE SOPRANOS (2024, documentary) Greetings again from the darkness. Being the creative force behind what many consider to be the best TV show of all time – one that changed the face of television – is both a blessing and a burden. David Chase...
by David Ferguson | Sep 5, 2024 | Featured Post, Movie Reviews, Movies
Tweet Greetings again from the darkness. I don’t know why. I wish I could explain it. So many movies I admire or find intriguing are not the kind of movies that one would describe as uplifting, likable, or even watchable multiple times. The first feature film from...
by David Ferguson | Sep 4, 2024 | Featured Post, Movie Reviews, Movies
Tweet Greetings again from the darkness. ‘Coming of Age’ films typically lean heavily into either comedy or tragedy. In his first feature film, writer-director Sean Wang (Oscar nominated for his documentary short NAI NAI & WAI PO, 2023) takes a different...
by David Ferguson | Aug 29, 2024 | Featured Post, Movie Reviews, Movies
Tweet Greetings again from the darkness. The mistreatment of kids is something that causes a physical reaction for me. It’s not just the intellectual and emotional effects – my entire body reacts by shifting into some mode that’s a cross between aggression, sickness,...
by David Ferguson | Aug 28, 2024 | Featured Post, Movie Reviews, Movies
Tweet Greetings again from the darkness. Whether the phrase ‘systemic abuse’ applies here is hardly worth discussing. The facts are that physical abuse, verbal abuse, cultural abuse, and sexual abuse occurred regularly over many years in the Catholic-run residential...
