Greetings again from the darkness. I pity the poor soul who, based on the film’s title, buys a ticket assuming it must be a light-hearted romantic-comedy starring Katherine Heigl. While we do watch a slow-building romance, this is much more of a road trip through...
Greetings again from the darkness. Writer-director Ondi Timoner goes head on (so to speak) with the story of Robert Mapplethorpe, the immensely talented and endlessly controversial photographer whose work in the 70’s and 80’s was often considered scandalous, if not...
Greetings again from the darkness. “Don’t touch anything on the subway.” That should be a warning posted in all New York City tourist brochures. Recent NYC transplant Frances didn’t get the memo. She not only picks up a “lost” handbag, but also wants to personally...
Greetings again from the darkness. Our biggest fear was that Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos would one day soften the twisted edge he blessed us with in THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER (2017), THE LOBSTER (2015), and DOGTOOTH (2009). That day may yet arrive, but not...
(Paraguay, 2019) Greetings again from the darkness. It would be a tight race to determine which is rarer: a Paraguayan film with distribution, or a movie centered on a middle-aged lesbian couple together for 30 years. The first feature film from writer-director...
Review by Russell Whitehouse In Greek mythology, the River Styx separates the living from the dead. In Wolfgang Fischer’s STYX, another body of water serves a similar purpose. Susanne Wolff stars as Rike, a paramedic who decides to embark on a relaxing solo cruise...
Review by James Lindorf Written and directed by newcomer Stephen Portland, Something is a psychological thriller starring Michael Gazin (Friday Night Lights), Jane Rowen (Dark Corridors), Joel Clark Ackerman (Split Second) and Eric Roberts (The Dark Knight). A couple...
Review by James McDonald When I first saw the trailer for “Instant Family,” I thought it could very well be another “Daddy’s Home,” a film with occasional chuckles but not much else. Boy was I wrong, and happily so. The movie was written and directed by Sean Anders,...
Greetings again from the darkness. The theatre was packed and I don’t recall having heard a louder outburst of cheering for any movie moment. Was it predictable? Yes. Did it deliver what the fans wanted? Absolutely. Is it (as my son asked) “ROCKY IV in 4K?” Yes,...
Greetings again from the darkness. So many families have been thrown into turmoil due to a loved one’s drug addiction. Count writer/director Peter Hedges among those, so know this is more than just another film for him … it’s personal. Mr. Hedges previous work...