Review by James Lindorf Movies getting shelved after production isn’t that uncommon and can happen for a few reasons. There could be issues with quality causing the studio to be unwilling to spend the money necessary to promote a surefire flop. There could be...
Greetings again from the darkness. Chinese gaokao is the College Entrance Exams that determine the future of high school students and their families. The pressure is extreme for the kids, and when the film opens, the exams are only 60 days away. One of the students...
Greetings again from the darkness. Over the past five decades, blended families have become commonplace, while at the same time single women and same-sex couples have utilized sperm-donors to enrich and expand their families. Michael Rothman’s documentary kind of...
Greetings again from the darkness. Co-directors Travis Cluff and Chris Lofing previously collaborated on the horror film, THE GALLOWS (2015), and this time they are working from a script by Jill Awbrey, who also stars. It’s Ms. Awbrey’s first feature film as a writer...
Review by James Lindorf “Ever since I was a little girl, I had a dream: one day, I’d become the superhero in my very own fairytale. I can fly, I can be invisible, and, in the end, I can save the world.” This sweet childhood fantasy opened writer and director D.Mitry’s...
Greetings again from the darkness. Richard is a prison guard whose ambitions and progressive ideas have his sights set on a promotion off the daily grind of the cold corridors … despite an amiable personality that has him as a likable guy amongst the prison workers...
by James Lindorf Worlds collide, and secondhand embarrassment is off the charts in writer and director Emma Seligman’s debut comedy “Shiva Baby.” If you don’t know, Shiva is seven days of formal mourning for the immediate family, beginning right after the funeral. For...
Greetings again from the darkness. Watching someone else experience grief can be every bit as painful as our own. This 23 minute documentary short by Anthony Giacchino has earned an Oscar nomination for this precise reason – we feel the gut-wrenching pain of 90 year...
By James Lindorf There are a lot of movies about finding yourself or discovering your path in life. There are coming of age movies about the stress of moving beyond childhood into adolescence or adulthood. There are college movies like Accepted and Legally Blonde...
Greetings again from the darkness. The brothers have chosen to accept the mission they’ve been given, which is to assassinate outspoken atheist writer, Professor John Huxley. The deed is to be done during the Ilkley Literature Festival where Huxley is a featured...