Greetings again from the darkness. Since I was unsure of the definition of “gadfly”, I was equally unsure of what I was getting into when I agreed to review the first feature-length documentary from Skye Wallin. It turns out, Wallin anticipated that particular...
Greetings again from the darkness. Tala is a young Arab girl whose love of soccer is mitigated by her father’s attempt to protect her from ISIS threats while she’s locked away in a war zone apartment. Despite Tala’s pleas, her father dumps their TV out the window and...
Greetings again from the darkness. We’ve heard it many times: show it, don’t tell it. Iranian (and France-based) writer-director Reza Riahi takes the advice to heart with this stunning tale of the impact of history, the desire to live, and the entrenchment of love …...
Greetings again from the darkness. The confounding part about screen adaptions of great and familiar literary works is that we have each already formed our mental images of characters and setting. Adapting Shakespeare’s 400 year old play is Joel Coen (4 time Oscar...
Review by James Lindorf Tony and BAFTA award-winning actor Ralph Fiennes has played the sophisticated gentleman spy John Steed in the British version of “The Avengers” and M in the latter rough and tumble Daniel Craig Bond movies. He gets the chance to combine those...
Review by Lauryn Angel The Matrix was a mind-blowing movie in 1999, and it’s still a favorite. And though I’ve been burned by Matrix sequels in the past, I had high hopes that The Matrix Resurrections would live up to the original. Unfortunately, despite some...
Greetings again from the darkness. One could view being number four in a trilogy as similar to being the ‘third wheel’ on a date. Or one could view it as a new beginning, with a familiar foundation. Your way of viewing will likely depend on whether you choose the red...
Greetings again from the darkness. Pulitzer Prize winning novelist and journalist JR Moehringer published his memoir in 2005. Fortunately for him, it led to his being in high demand to pen the memoirs of others. Unfortunately for us, it also led to George Clooney...
Greetings again from the darkness. When an animated movie for kids banks over $600 million at the box office, we wouldn’t expect 5 years to pass before the sequel appears. But that’s exactly what has occurred with writer-director Garth Jennings’ follow-up to his...
Greetings again from the darkness. Movies don’t get the credit they deserve for opening our eyes to other cultures and providing a snapshot into the lives of others … lives often unimaginable to us. Another aspect of World Cinema is that it serves as a reminder that...