Greetings again from the darkness. It’s happened before and it’ll likely happen a few more times. A movie ends and I’m at a loss as to how to explain it. What should I tell potential viewers? Is it even possible to “spoil” a movie that is so purposefully downbeat –...
RECORDER: THE MARION STOKES PROJECT (documentary) 2019 Oak Cliff Film Festival Greetings again from the darkness. Yes, many of us still use the word “taping” when referring to recording a TV show, movie or something else. Nomenclature changes slowly, even if...
Review by L.C. Cragg The intimacy and compassion of this film, brings authentic hope to LGBTQ community through true stories of various members of the chorus’s journeys leading up to and through this emotional tour. Gay Chorus Deep South, directed by David Charles...
The 8th annual Oak Cliff Film Festival (#OCFF2019) runs June 6-9, 2019 and co-founders Barak Epstein and Jason Reimer are back to provide a unique experience blending films, music, parties, workshops and the local flavor of one of Texas’ most distinctive communities....
Review by L.C. Cragg This small town-based Coen Brothers-esque tale of female fragility, betrayal, jealous and loyalty brings dark humor and thriller themes in a fresh entertaining way. Set in Angel Cove, a New England Coastal town, the film opens with the funeral of...
Review by L.C. Cragg Set in present day, but with chilling overtones of 1950’s themes of female objectification and the subservient role of women, Director/ Writer, Carlo Mirabella-Davis with Swallow delivers a grippingly eerie tale of one women’s obsession as she...
Review by L.C. Cragg Based on the Academy Award winning short, of the same name, Writer/Director Guy Nativ delivers a story of struggle and redemption against an unyielding a real threat from the white supremacist nation movement. Based on true events, the film tracks...
DIFF 2019 – Award Winners The 13th annual Dallas International Film Festival wrapped up on April 18, 2019. This year’s festival presented more than 150 films, and the award winners from all categories were announced. “We are proud to present the award recipients of...
DIFF 2019 Day 8 2019 Dallas International Film Festival Greetings again from the darkness. And now, the end is near … well, it’s actually over … at least as it pertains to the 2019 Dallas International Film Festival. I watched 22 feature films over the 7 days I...
Review by Jacquelin Hipes Chloe (Lexy Kolker) spends every day reciting her new identity back to her father (Emile Hirsch). Beneath the names and dates and details, one fact remains paramount: Chloe is Normal. They both say the word with such gravity, such reverence,...