NEVER LOOK AWAY (Werk ohne Autor) 2018, Germany Greetings again from the darkness. As much as we pride ourselves on ‘artistic freedom’, the reality is that politics has long played a vital role – either as inadvertent inspiration for the work, or as organized...
Review by L.C. Cragg The intimacy and compassion of this film, brings authentic hope to LGBTQ community through true stories of various members of the chorus’s journeys leading up to and through this emotional tour. Gay Chorus Deep South, directed by David Charles...
Review by Bradley Smith John Cusack and Emile Hirsch star in this gritty and dull western where “Never Grow Old” should be the new motto of a once-peaceful frontier town when an outlaw and his gang move into town. Though “outlaw” may be debatable since the Sherriff...
Review by L.C. Cragg This small town-based Coen Brothers-esque tale of female fragility, betrayal, jealous and loyalty brings dark humor and thriller themes in a fresh entertaining way. Set in Angel Cove, a New England Coastal town, the film opens with the funeral of...
Greetings again from the darkness. As fascinated as we are with great writers, the cinematic appeal of watching someone put pen to paper, clack away on a manual typewriter, or peck at their laptop keyboard is at best negligible, and more likely, non-existent. Still,...
Review by Caitlin Zeigler Jesse Peterson (Max MacKenzie) is best friends with Sarah Morin (Katerina Eichenberger) and he confides in her that he wants to end his life. His mother ended her life when he was six and he grew up with his abusive, disabled and alcoholic...
Greetings again from the darkness. Nijinsky. Nureyev. Bruhn. Baryshnikov. The legends of male ballet dancers starts with that list, and possibly include a handful of others. Ralph Fiennes directs a screenplay from David Hare that brings us the story of how one of...
Greetings again from the darkness. Author Joan Didion wrote “the 1960’s ended abruptly on August 9, 1969”, and as we approach the 50th anniversary of that tragic night … actually two tragic nights (August 8 and 9) … there is no shortage of recollections and...
Review by Caitlin Zeigler Jack (Ryan O’Callaghan) is a student going to law school, who’s trying to figure out how to free his father, Mr. Anderson (Eric Roberts), from prison. One day, Jack receives a call from his school saying that he owes money and he can’t get...
Review by Caitlin Zeigler Joyce (Lin Shaye) loses her husband suddenly and unexpectedly. She goes to the bank to get money and finds out that her husband took out loans and there isn’t much money saved. Joyce is expected to pay the loans back, so she decides to rent a...