This powerful film from writer / director Jennifer Silver is actually a student effort from the film program at Florida State University. Short, and anything but sweet, this film explodes onto the screen with a […]
Author: Linn Grey
review – the paper store
The Paper Store is a delightful indie from the husband and wife filmmaking team of Nicholas and Katharine Clark Gray. Based on a play written by the latter Gray, the duo expertly adapted the work […]
review – me
At the risk of sounding hyperbolic, writers Jefrey Levy and Susan Traylor have created a veritable masterpiece of schizophrenic cinema with their disarmingly titled film Me. Featuring perhaps one of the least reliable narrators to grace […]
review – ice
Australian writer / director Madison Pelzer’s Ice is a near text-book perfect example of visual storytelling. Haunting visuals captivate from the first frame, with DP Matt Wilson’s deft camera work giving a great sense of […]
review – the ideal
This unique and highly stylized film hails from the country of Latvia. The surreal journey opens with a decidedly less than “ideal” aging rock star and a young beauty immeshed in a bizarre relationship, where […]
review – welcome to the last bookstore
This touching short documentary from filmmaker Chad Howitt chronicles, as the title suggests, the Last Bookstore and its self-effacing owner, Josh Spencer. Growing from humble beginnings in 2005, the store has arguably become a center-piece […]
review – batman vs. superman: dawn of justice
With Batman vs. Superman, the march of comic books turned into movies continues its seemingly never ending parade. It’s perhaps not surprising considering the ridiculous amounts of money these titles command at the box office. […]
review – the looking planet
The Looking Planet is a truly magnificent piece of animation. The imaginative rendering of a slightly different take on “intelligent design”, director Eric Law Anderson has given animation fans and creators a film that raises […]
review – echoes of time
This Slovenian film by writer / director Ema Kugler is a languidly paced, visual wonder. With a quiet, confident hand, the film reflects an artistic, visionary view on the modern condition. The film opens with […]
review – come simi
First-time director Jenica Bergere has rendered a lovingly crafted indie in Come Simi, a film in which she also stars. The title is a cute play on the request as much as the little hamlet known as Simi […]
review – our fight
This short, poignant documentary chronicles the murder of Edwin Chota and three other indigenous inhabitants of Peru’s in their on-going struggle to defend their land from illegal loggers and drug traffickers. Tucked deep in Peru’s Amazon […]
review – hyena’s blood
Hyena’s Blood tracks the life of corrupt DEA agent Paul Kavinski (Jon Lange) who is operating in Mexico in 1973. Renowned commercial director Nicolas Caicoya showcases his expertise with the moving image in the hyper violent […]
Hailing from Beirut, Lebanon, Hend is a delicate reflection on complex relationships and the depth of the maternal bond. Within the quiet confines of this beautifully shot short film, first time writer / director Stephanie Bou […]
review – ‘nightcrawler’
Well, this one made me wish we could revisit the Hayes code for a day or two, just to clean up the mess. Here we have a film where the protagonist is a sociopathic criminal […]
review – ‘all relative’
With a premise that almost at once rings as being a deep vein to mine comedy from, writer / director J. C. Khoury seems to rather skim the surface instead. The first third of […]
review – ‘jessabelle’
Why bother with something original when you can just mash little bits of this and that and arrive at something that might put a few butts in the auditorium style seating? And here, writer / […]
review – ‘honeymoon’
First time director Leigh Janiak has made herself a tight little indie horror film. Debuting earlier this year at SXSW, ‘Honeymoon’ features Rose Leslie (Game of Thrones) and Harry Treadaway leading a familiar, ‘cabin in […]
review – ‘deliver us from evil’
Somehow, these exorcism flicks still manage to get produced. I’m only surprised because of the lack of potential variety in the premise. Since “The Exorcist”, we’ve seen quite a lot of exorcisms in cinema. I’ve […]
review – ‘les miserables’
Director Tom Hooper’s vision of Victor Hugo’s classic ‘Les Miserables’ is a delight to watch. Wonderfully cast, the film is sweeping in scope and beautifully rendered, befitting the grandeur of Hugo’s words. The depth of […]
review – ‘zero dark thirty’
Alright, I’m just going to say it right now. I didn’t care for this film. At all. I’ve read the reviews, I realize the accolades are flowing and yet, I still found this movie to […]
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