Greetings again from the darkness. Three young men are smoking together in a local park – sharing a joint in a haze of smoke. No words are spoken. We don’t know what this means, yet that’s how the film from co-directors Jamil McGinnis and Pat Heywood begins. Our key...
Review by James Lindorf “Antebellum” is the feature-length debut for the directing team of Gerard Bush and Christoper Renz. It is a story about, no matter how much things change, the more they stay the same. Veronica Henley (Janelle Monáe) is a wife, mother, political...
Greetings again from the darkness. In this, his fourth short film, writer-director Brian Lawes doesn’t tell us everything. We don’t have the benefit of a backstory. What we do know is that two brothers are living in poverty. The kitchen walls are bare plywood, and a...
Greetings again from the darkness. You may have a child who doesn’t “like” going to school. Or perhaps you, yourself, were one of those kids who frequently expressed displeasure at having to attend. Well 8-year old Su Min (Yiyi Sun) is not like that. In fact, as she...
Review by James Lindorf Jackie "Blackjack" Ryan is a legend on the basketball courts of New York City. Born and raised in Brooklyn, Jakie rose to fame in high school, earning him praise as the white Michael Jordan. With fame comes expectations, expectations that...
Review by Monique Thompson While flying to his father's funeral in rural Appalachia, an intense storm causes Marquis to lose control of the plane carrying himself and his family. He soon awakens wounded, alone, and trapped in Mrs. Eloise's attic. Eloise claims she can...
Greetings again from the darkness. Hopes are always high this time of year for a creative new horror film. As each Halloween approaches, we search for new movies that will frighten us in an entertaining way, or at least be creepy enough to make us sleep with the...
Greetings again from the darkness. In the not so distant past, folks who lived in small towns felt like there were no secrets – everyone in town knew each other and what they were up to. Thus, the proverbial “fishbowl” of the title. Of course, these days, people in...
Review by James Lindorf In 2004 “Lost in Translation” earned four total Oscar nominations (Best Actor, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Picture) with writer and director Sofia Coppola taking home a statue for her screenplay. Sixteen years later,...
Review by James Lindorf It has been 14 years since intrepid reporter Borat Sagdiyev (Sacha Baron Cohen) was sent on a mission to make a documentary about the US&A that would benefit the glorious nation of Kazakhstan. After the complete failure of that mission, Borat...