“La la la-la la la, sing a happy song. La la la-la la la, Smurf the whole day long.” Try getting that out of your head. Yes, the Smurfs are back bringing their brand of silly humor and generally uplifting positivity to the world even while facing potentially...
Review by James Lindorf Edward Berger does not have the name recognition of Spielberg, Cameron, del Toro, or Nolan. But if he can continue an impressive run that began in 2022 with “All Quiet on the Western Front” and its nine Oscar nominations, which he...
Greetings again from the darkness. It’s not Las Vegas. It’s not Monte Carlo. Somehow even more gamblers head to Asia, specifically the gambling capital of Macau … and that’s where this film from director Edward Berger (Oscar nominated for CONCLAVE, 2024) is...
Greetings again from the darkness. Brace yourself for one of the first films to take on the societal and political changes occurring within the United States. This is an exceptionally well-made film with a stellar cast and an eye-opening cautionary message...
Greetings again from the darkness. Are you a good person? It’s really not that difficult to determine … although it does require a bit of honest self-reflection. The debut feature film from writer-director Rachel Wolther (co-written with Jesse Millward) is...
Greetings again from the darkness. With healthcare in the headlines most every day, this documentary short film from co-directors Shari Cookson and Nick Doob couldn’t be more timely, nor more important. Rather than present a general overview of the crisis in...
Review by James Lindorf The latest feature from filmmaker Blake Calhoun (Spilt Milk) takes us back to the sunbaked Texas summer of 1981. The coming-of-age story celebrates the friendships, music, and family that fueled the lives of teens as they tried to...
Greetings again from the darkness (on the edge of town). My connection to Bruce Springsteen’s music dates back more than 50 years and includes hitchhiking (from San Antonio) to a gig at the Armadillo World Headquarters in Austin. As much as I loved the early...
Greetings again from the darkness. Most everyone, especially lovers of Broadway musicals, knows the work of Rodgers and Hammerstein. And they should. Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II are regarded among the most prolific musical production writers in...
Greetings again from the darkness. It’s unusual for a documentary to credit three directors, but these three have been involved with some of the best Texas-based documentaries. Sam Wainwright Douglas, David Hartstein, and Andrew Alden Miller have each worked...