Greetings again from the darkness. French journalist Anna Erelle documented her month-long correspondence with an ISIS terrorist in her 2015 book, “In the Skin of a Jihadist.” Her experience resulted in a fatwa being issued for her … basically an Islamic death...
Greetings again from the darkness. Who is the woman in the picture? What did the five men toss in the river? Why are those men chasing the man in the hat? Why is that other man wet? If the man in the hat is running from the five men, why does he keep running into the...
Greetings again from the darkness. Some of the best horror films are low-budget affairs, and David Charbonier and Justin Powell fully embrace this concept. As with their previous collaboration (THE BOY BEHIND THE DOOR, 2020), the production company partners are...
Review by James Lindorf It should come as no surprise that after director Zhang Yimou’s last film was censored by the Chinese government; his newest project would be decidedly pro-China and heavily focused on imagery. Zhang worked with cinematographer Xiaoding Zhao to...
Review by James Lindorf Powerful, insightful, heartbreaking, life-affirming are words or phrases often used to describe documentaries. They tend to have a point of view or a message to share and are direct about it. The latest project for Academy Award®-nominee and...
Review by James Lindorf “Wrath of Man” is the fourth collaboration between director Guy Ritchie and action movie legend Jason Statham. It has been 16 years since we last saw them work together in the lackluster action thriller “Revolver.” If for nothing else, we can...
Greetings again from the darkness. Cinematic Alert: Guy Ritchie has gone straight! That’s right, the filmmaker we’ve come to bank on for dynamic action, creative editing, and clever, rapid-fire dialogue laced with dark humor and outright hilarious, offbeat moments,...
Greetings again from the darkness. It’s truly (and sadly) the never-ending story. The ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine, or Jews and Arabs, has a history of more than one hundred years. Documentarian Dror Moreh was Oscar nominated for his 2012 film THE...
Greetings again from the darkness. The first feature film from writer-director Carlos V Gutierrez is a B-movie thriller with the rare cinematic setting of a self-storage facility. Now you might think corrugated metal doors on rollers and concrete walkways don’t add up...
Greetings again from the darkness. There are likely those who know less about the history of Romania than I, but that list is pretty short. Co-writers and co-directors Alexis Sweet Cahill of Italy and Brigitte Drodtloff of Germany, along with three other listed...