Greetings again from the darkness. If you simply have too much happiness and joy in your life right now, filmmakers Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz (GOODNIGHT MOMMY 2014, THE LODGE 2019) have an elixir for you. Their film, based on historical records from...
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever is exactly what you might expect from the title. It is a light-hearted family comedy about a small town putting on the classic tale of Jesus’s birth. The movie is a bit cheesy, the jokes aren’t exactly laugh out loud funny...
Greetings again from the darkness. If you believe that animated films should be whimsical fairy tales developed for children, Adam Elliot would like a word. Actually, he would like about 90 minutes of your time to introduce you to an entirely different...
Greetings again from the darkness. Movie goers are accustomed to seeing the comedic side of Nick Frost in The Cornetto Trilogy from director Edgar Wright. These are the three films where Frost shares the screen with Simon Pegg: SHAUN OF THE DEAD (2004), HOT...
Greetings again from the darkness. ‘Where there’s a will, there’s a way.’ That famous saying should be known as a “Cabrini”. For anyone whose impression of nuns is that of irascible old women swatting misbehaving students with rulers during school hours,...
Review by James Lindorf Writer and Director Jacques Audiard was inspired by a single chapter in Boris Razon’s novel, ‘Écoute’ for his latest film “Emila Perez.” The Frenchman is referred to as a renegade auteur, but he has twice won France’s most prestigious...
Greetings again from the darkness. The opening credits provide a brief visual reminder of the Cold War, a period mostly forgotten (or never really learned) by those under age 60. Unfortunately, the intro is about as complete as a tweet would be today, so it...
Greetings again from the darkness. Watching ANORA and EMILIA PEREZ in the same week mere days after complaining out loud that it hasn’t been a great year for movies could inspire me to complain about everything in hopes that the rewards are similar. Since...
Greetings again from the darkness. For those who have been anxiously awaiting the first Spanish language-crime thriller-gender affirming-musical filled with violence, humor, romance, and on-the-nose songs, the talented French filmmaker Jacques Audiard has...
Greetings again from the darkness. It’s possible I’m in the minority on this one, but it’s inconceivable to think I’m all alone with my impression of a movie being hyped as a reunion of the FORREST GUMP director, writer, stars, and crew. I found this to be...