By James Lindorf For seven consecutive years, The Bentonville Film Festival has been one of the most progressive festivals in the world. Better than the majority of their peers, they understand that elevating different voices changes the artistic landscape for the...
By James Lindorf Today is the final day of the Indy Shorts International Film Festival presented by Heartland Film. Thousands of filmmakers submitted their work for a shot at being part of the Indy Shorts 30th anniversary. Hundreds of them have been selected to...
By James Lindorf It has been 115 years since the first horror movie was filmed in France. In all those years, one of the genre's constant companions has been religion. “The Wicker Man,” “The Omen,” “Rosemary's Baby,” and of course “The Exorcist” are some of horror's...
By James Lindorf When you are scrolling through the documentary section of your favorite streaming service, you’ll pass by most with little to no consideration of hitting play. It is nothing against those movies, but because documentaries are about more than just...
By James Lindorf The Young Turks (TYT) is a progressive news and opinion show that is the TYT Network flagship. Initially content to produce TYT for YouTube and a multi-channel network of associated web series, the network has opened a new branch, TYT Productions. At...
SXSW 2021 Day 3 This was my third and final day of movies at this year’s South By Southwest (SXSW) virtual festival. I’ve watched and reviewed 16 movies in 60 hours, and remarkably, there wasn’t one clunker in the bunch. Day 3 for me included a documentary, a comedy,...
Review by James Lindorf The opening night headliner for SXSW Online 2021 is “Demi Lovato: Dancing with the Devil,” a new documentary about the former Disney star turned pop icon. In 2018 Demi was in the midst of her “Tell Me You Love Me World Tour” and making a...
This year’s South By Southwest (SXSW) festival is being held completely online, and of course a virtual festival lacks the oh-so-enjoyable elements of long lines, rude people, bad weather, and rushed fast food. Sure the excitement and energy of an audience is missing,...
SXSW 2021 Day 1 This year’s South By Southwest (SXSW) festival is being held completely online, and of course a virtual festival lacks the oh-so-enjoyable elements of long lines, rude people, bad weather, and rushed fast food. Sure the excitement and energy of an...
Review by James Lindorf The focus of our latest coverage from SXSW Online 2021 is “Potato Dreams of America'' which is making its world premiere at the film festival. This feature-length film is an extension of the short film “Potato” which won the Grand Jury Award...