Greetings again from the darkness. The Holocaust and Nazi Germany. No subjects are likely even close in regards to the number of documentaries on topic. Yet somehow, there always seems to be more to mine. Co-directors Peppa Epperline and Michael Tucker have based...
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...
Greetings again from the darkness. Ruby Rossi is a high school student. She is also a CODA – Child of Deaf Adults. Her older brother is deaf too, meaning Ruby’s life has been spent as an interpreter for her family, while also working on the family fishing boat in...
Review by Lauryn Angel In the beginning, Shawn Levy’s Free Guy feels more than a little like The Lego Movie, as our protagonist, Guy (Ryan Reynolds) leaps out of bed and starts his morning to the tune of bouncy pop music. As Guy makes his way through Free City, he...
JOHN AND THE HOLE (2021) seen at the Oak Cliff Film Festival 2021 Greetings again from the darkness. Why would anyone be surprised that the actions of a teenager make no logical sense? Thirteen year old John (an excellent Charlie Shotwell, CAPTAIN FANTASTIC, 2014)...
Review by Lauryn Angel Like many other fans of the comic, I approached David Ayer’s 2016 Suicide Squad with trepidation, hoping the movie would be better than the trailers made it seem. I was particularly concerned with the portrayal of Harley Quinn, one of my...
Greetings again from the darkness. The meaning of Life is an ambitious topic to tackle for any filmmaker, but certainly as a first feature film. Japanese-Brazilian writer-director Edson Oda not only doesn’t shy away from existential questions, he has found a creative...
Greetings again from the darkness. The anticipation of seeing a film directed by Leos Carax (HOLY MOTORS, 2012), and written and scored by Ron Mael and Russell Mael of Sparks fame, is derived from expecting the unexpected … experiencing something we’ve never before...
Review by James Lindorf Fans of horror movies often deride the decision to make a movie pg-13 because they feel it takes all the bite out of the horror. To a degree, that same fear can be felt amongst Ryan Reynolds fans as they gear up for the release of “Free Guy,”...
Greetings again from the darkness. In 2015, director Sean Baker’s use of an iPhone to film TANGERINE was viewed as experimental or rogue. Since then, other filmmakers have utilized this method, though it’s only been during the pandemic when filmmakers, desperate to...