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....
Greetings again from the darkness. You surely complain about your job. Most everyone does. But what if your career path had led you to oversee a dozen court-mandated executions, and the next one was already scheduled? In her first feature film, writer-director...
Review by Wesley Collins Giddy is how I feel when I believe I’ve just watched a “cool” film. Not “cool” as in “average” or “just okay”, but “cool” like “dope, witty, somewhat unique”. Robot Awakening checks those boxes. When I first viewed the movie I thought about...
Review by Bradley Smith The final chapter of Wing Chun grandmaster Ip Man’s life story brings him to America as he fights lung cancer, American racism, and his son’s anger. There is plenty of action to keep martial arts fans thrilled and enough drama and social...
Getting down to twelve films on this list was a very difficult proposition. In fact, the bottom part of my list is completely out of my original order because I switched a few of them out so many times. Outside of the top four films, pretty much any of these movies...