Review by James Lindorf You can’t escape the comparisons between what happened with Amanda Know nearly 15 years ago and Academy Award® winning writer and director Tom McCarthy’s latest film “Stillwater.” The film is loosely inspired by her journey through the Italian...
Greetings again from the darkness. This compelling film is the debut narrative feature film from co-writers and co-directors Adam Sjoberg and Seanne Winslow. Filmed on location in Oman (not sure I’ve ever seen another filmed there), it’s based on a true story and...
Greetings again from the darkness. I don’t know her inspiration for all of the relationships and events in the film - and I don’t need to. Lorien Haynes originally wrote this for the stage, and now her multiple movie shorts have been edited together for a feature film...
Greetings again from the darkness. After watching the trailer, I settled in for what I expected to be a traditional French farce, always a welcome relief from the usual festival heaviness. While I can’t say the trailer is misleading – all of the scenes are present in...
Review by Lauryn Angel Ron’s Gone Wrong is the latest film to take on the “kid and robot” trope, with the story of Barney (voiced by Jack Dylan Grazer) as a 12-year-old who feels like he doesn’t fit in with his classmates because he doesn’t have the latest technology...
Review by Lauryn Angel Unlike many, I actually like David Lynch’s 1984 adaptation of Dune, but I can understand why so many people do; it has many flaws, including attempting to collapse story epic in scope into just over two hours. Still, I saw it at the age of 12,...
Greetings again from the darkness. It’s been nearly 40 years since David Lynch directed DUNE (1984). The film received an Oscar nomination for Best Sound, and has since been a cult favorite, though not one I’m particularly drawn to. All these years later, Frank...
Greetings again from the darkness. If you fancy yourself a cat lover, you’ve likely seen his drawings, or at least some of the many ‘copies’ that other artists have produced over the years. Louis Wain was a prolific British illustrator, best known for his...
Greetings again from the darkness. For anyone under age 35, it may be difficult to imagine a world where high-definition cameras don’t blanket every nook and cranny of our planet. These days, there are multiple channels serving up nature and oceanic documentaries,...
Review by James Lindorf When Andrzej Żuławski’s “Possession” had its world premiere at the 1981 Cannes Film Festival, it was instantly polarizing. Isabelle Adjani would win the festival’s Best Actress award because of her work here and in James Ivory’s “Quartet.”...