Review by Monique Thompson Michelle is an interior designer and newlywed to Robert. Linda lives alone and fills her days with painting and exercise classes. Seeking a new friend, Linda coerces the reserved, deferential Michelle into visiting her home for a spontaneous...
Greetings again from the darkness. The vast majority of parents strive to do right by their kids. Knowing the right thing to do is the challenge. Sometimes the answer is easy, and other times it’s soul-crushing. Director Martin Winter and writer Sebastian Schmidl have...
Review by Lisa Payne “There are two sides to every story. Then there’s the truth.” Opening scene - Emily (Matilda Ridgway) and Danny (Mark Leonard Winter) are videoing themselves making love. We then cut to buttoned-up, conservative Bek (Geraldine Hakewill) scheduling...
Review by James Lindorf Oscar was a good son, always doing his chores as his mom told him, and he listened intently to his father’s lessons about how to be a man. His best friend Loux lived next door with her younger brother Amos and their alcoholic father. Life was...
Greetings again from the darkness. Madagascar is the fourth largest island in the world at 228,900 square miles. 90 percent of its wildlife is found nowhere else, and it features a unique ecosystem with staggering natural resources. It’s been the subject of National...
Greetings again from the darkness. Watching someone go through therapy – exorcising the demons of their life – is a bit uncomfortable. So while we understand Peter Medak’s ‘need’ to revisit the project (from almost 50 years ago) that nearly derailed his promising...
Review by Lisa Payne Intriguing start to aTypical Wednesday. Alec (Cooper J. Friedman) learns a valuable cause and effect lesson early on in the movie. You say the n word to a black person, they may smack you. This movie is not THAT movie, but this scene made me laugh...
Greetings again from the darkness. Writer-director Kyle Laursen delivers a very timely 19 minute short film addressing the nuances of racism and sexism, and how one’s background alters the perception of an encounter. In a scenario that has played out countless times...
Review by Lisa Payne When Henri’s (Kimberley Datnow) father dies, he leaves her his house in LA and a seat on the board of his company. Henri leaves a less than promising stand-up career in London to move to LA. She meets with her old university friends, tries dating,...
Review by Lisa Payne Psychiatrist: “Your parents tell me you were born with a condition.” Max: “I accidentally kill people.” Sometimes doctors just need to believe you when you tell them something. Every situation is a not a “I’m from Missouri. You’ve got to show me.”...