Greetings again from the darkness. While we can’t dismiss it, we can surely question the popularity of those who have reached celebrity status via Reality TV or Social Media presence. Are these folks brilliant or simply cashing in on the ignorance and gullibility of...
Greetings again from the darkness. A throwback to 1970’s cinema is easy to appreciate, whether it was intended or nor. Writer-director Andrew Desmond’s debut feature film certainly serves up the feel and style of so many of those low-budget horror films I watched as a...
Greetings again from the darkness. Based on the actual events documented in the book “The Three Christs of Ypsilanti” by Social Psychologist Milton Rokeach, the film turns ground-breaking work from 60 years ago into a generic, somewhat bland big screen production …...
Greetings again from the darkness. The first thing to know is that this is not a Superhero movie. In fact, there are no heroes in the movie - unless you would like to apply the label to a single mom who lives down the hall from Arthur Fleck. Mr. Fleck lives at home...
Greetings again from the darkness. If there is a phone booth present, we are usually watching a movie that is at least 20 year old, or one that is set in the distant past. But not this time. Writer-director Kristen Gerweck tells us the film is set in 2012 on a...
Greetings again from the darkness. Kids say the darndest things. And those letters to Santa Claus might pack a bigger punch than we imagine. It’s December 20, 1989 and a father and son are setting up their Christmas tree in their apartment in Romania. History buffs...
Greetings again from the darkness. A diagnosis of lung cancer immediately changes one’s priorities in life. For 60 year old Mike Marz it meant checking off an unusual item from his bucket list … storm chasing. For the vast majority of us, storm chasing has been...
Greetings again from the darkness. After two tours in Fallujah, Iraq, U.S. Marine Roman Baca returned home a changed man. He struggled with anger, anxiety and depression. Transitioning from soldier to citizen did not go smoothly for him. PTSD was a part of his life....
Greetings again from the darkness. A documentary with no interviews or narration is rare. The soundtrack that guides us through Paloma Martinez’s film are the recordings of actual phone calls to the San Francisco Rapid Response Network. If you’ve never heard of it,...
Greetings again from the darkness. The opening sequence plays like something from 1920’s era cinema. The chug-chug-chug of a boat slamming against the waves of an angry sea while birds flap and chirp alongside. We hear the wind and “feel” the severe ocean spray....