Greetings again from the darkness. Food, art, and history. There may not be a connection at your local McDonalds, but there certainly is among the world’s most renowned chefs. Director Laura Gabbert (CITY OF GOLD, 2015) documents the story beginning with Yotam...
Greetings again from the darkness. Rural, small town America forms an appealing backdrop for filmmakers due to the great divide: those who are desperate to “shake the dust off” and head for greener grass, and those who can’t imagine any other way of life. In his first...
Greetings again from the darkness. Sometimes the line between rival and friend is not drawn by the participants. Such is the case with Clara and Marie in this community in France. This 21 minute short film comes courtesy of writer-director Thomas Vernay, and reminds...
Greetings again from the darkness. Who among us hasn’t snuck some outlawed item into school? Maybe it was a comic book, or perhaps a stick of gum. The stakes are a bit higher in this short film from writer-director Sonia K Hadad and co-writer Farnoosh Samadi, both...
Greetings again from the darkness. As the population ages, we are seeing more projects including folks suffering from Alzheimer’s and dementia … diseases that have impacted so many families. Writer-director (and editor) Roy Arwas has crafted a situation that is tough...
Greetings again from the darkness. I can’t recall being as recently thankful for a good laugh as I was after watching this expert 13 minute satire from writer-director Poppy Gordon and co-writer Aldo Arias. The dialogue is sharp, the performances spot on, and the...
Greetings again from the darkness. Filmmaker Brwa Vahabpour has been producing, on average, one new short film each of the past six years. The talent is evident in this emotional 15 minute short film focusing on a young, deaf Kurdish girl. Bahar, played by first time...
Greetings again from the darkness. Two people are bound and gagged in the living room of a nice home. There is a dead body laying nearby. The camera zooms in on the battered face of a woman with tears running down her cheeks. Another man is present, and he seems to be...
Review by Lisa Payne Jamal (Shane Paul McGhie) is bringing a lawsuit against the private foster care agency who placed him with foster families from the time he was 8 years old. Unable to afford a lawyer, Jamal is assigned Michael Trainer (Matthew Modine) by Judge...
Review by Bradley Smith Let It Snow follows a couple on a snowboarding vacation to a remote European resort. Despite repeated warnings, they foolishly sneak onto a forbidden slope where they find trouble in the form of a masked snowmobile rider who is out for blood....