Review by Lisa Payne The opening scene of The Aussie film I Met A Girl is charming, and a little off. Devon (Brenton Thwaites) is practicing his speech for his brother, Nick’s (Joel Jackson) wedding to Olivia (Zahra Newman). It doesn’t quite go to plan. Cue mom and...
Review by James Lindorf Director Dawn Porter (John Lewis: Good Trouble) is back with her second feature-length documentary of the year. “The Way I See It” is based on the New York Times #1 bestsellers, “Obama: An Intimate Portrait” and “Shade: A Tale of Two...
Review by Lisa Payne Drifter Jack DiMercurio (Chase Fein) is staying for a few days with his butthole friend, Andy Shelton (Hunter Cross). Jack is in love with Andy’s wife, Liz (Chelsea Kurtz) and envious of Andy’s life (why I do not know). Liz is the one who got away...
Greetings again from the darkness. Does penning and recording a feminist anthem warrant a film biopic? Well, when the singer is Helen Reddy and the song is “I Am Woman”, the answer is a resounding yes. This is director Unjoo Moon’s first narrative feature film, and...
Greetings again from the darkness. “Everybody loves somebody sometime.” So sang the great Dean Martin. But what about the exception that proves the rule? Writer-director Jon Stevenson (in his directorial debut) offers up David, a 40 year old lonely heart, who is a...
Review by James Lindorf Directors Andrei Bowden-Schwartz and Sam B. Jones follow a family of mudding enthusiasts from Orlando, Florida, in their latest film “Red White & Wasted.” For decades Orlando resident Matthew “Video Pat” Burns lived for the monster-wheeled...
Greetings again from the darkness. We should never look to Charlie Kaufman to pull us out of the pandemic doldrums, although he is an absurdly talented writer who specializes in unusual plots and oddball characters. Mr. Kaufman is also an over-thinker and a non-stop...
Review by Monique Thompson STARRING: Vanessa Lengies, Dylan Baker, Samm Levine, Agnes Bruckner, Tony Todd, Robin Bartlett WELL DONE! Imagine staring a gruesome death right in the eye, only to cheat it by returning from the dead, unharmed, and not as a zombie I should...
Greetings again from the darkness. Couples argue. Some more often and more boisterous than others. Things get ugly when friends and other outsiders are drawn into the arguments, which is exactly what we witness (in exaggerated form) with this film from director Robert...
Greetings again from the darkness. Stacey Abrams is a generational spokesperson, and may very well be the future of the Democrat Party. This despite being recently passed over as Joe Biden’s running mate. Ms. Abrams is a producer on this film co-directed by Lisa...