Greetings again from the darkness. For viewers who value unlimited gun rights over the safety of children, this documentary will probably not convince you otherwise. For everyone else, it’s a gut-wrenching story. Mark Barden and his wife Jacqueline have...
Greetings again from the darkness. A creative genius must deal with the constant demands, both internal and external, of new and better projects. That last one was great, now what’s next? The art is never enough, and it’s never done. As if that pressure to create is...
Review by James Lindorf Writer, director, producer, and star Darin Scott is no stranger to faith-based movies. He has played Jesus no less than four times, twice in 2015 alone. Entertainment featuring the Mormon religion feels more infamous than well-respected. If...
Greetings again from the darkness. Greek filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos is possibly the most divisive director working today. Movie goers tend to either love his films like THE FAVOURITE (2018), THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER (2017), THE LOBSTER (2015), and DOGTOOTH (2009)...
Greetings again from the darkness. Fast approaching his 83rd birthday, legendary Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki claims this is the final film of his illustrious career. In 2015, he was presented with an honorary Oscar, and he has had three films nominated for Best...
Greetings again from the darkness. Dropping ordinary people into extraordinary circumstances is sure to generate some interesting cinematic results, and that’s what writer-director Tae-Hwa Eom and co-writer Lee Shin-ji do in South Korea’s official submission to this...
Greetings again from the darkness. Circumstances being what they can be, I missed a couple of chances to see this one earlier in the year and have just recently been able to catch up. And such a treat it is. The first feature film from South Korean writer-director...
FALLEN LEAVES (2023, Finland) Greetings again from the darkness. Finland is often listed as the country having the happiest people, and this latest from writer-director Aki Kaurismaki (Oscar nominated THE MAN WITHOUT A PAST, 2002) arrives to make sure we never again...
Greetings again from the darkness. David Bowie’s 1975 song “Fame” has a line, “Fame … what you get is no tomorrow”, and that stuck with me during the second half of this terrific and wild film from Norwegian writer-director Kristoffer Borgli (SICK OF MYSELF, 2022)....
Greetings again from the darkness. While in protective mode attempting to avoid being trampled during Black Friday shopping, you may wonder how the frenzy all started. Well, documentarian Andrew Jenks is happy to inform you that it dates back to 1983 when the first...