Birth\Rebirth (2023)
About halfway through the horror-thriller Birth/Rebirth, I knew that I wanted to shake the hand of writer/director Laura Moss and her co-screenwriter Brenden O’Brien, not because I thought that I was...
View ArticleLynch/Oz (2023)
It is reasonable to assume that you could take just about any popular director and apply some connection to The Wizard of Oz, particularly if they are known as a stylist. But no one would better fit...
View ArticleA Disturbance in the Force (2023)
This review is part of my coverage of The 25th Annual Sidewalk Film Festival It has been said that “The Star Wars Holiday Special” is the holy grail of bad television.I’ve seen it many times and,...
View ArticleVishniac (video review)
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View ArticleGod + Country (2024)
I have been very quick to knock any film for having a preaching-to-the-choir narrative, whether it is on the right or the left. It’s hard to both-sides an issue anymore and keep the public’s...
View ArticleThey Shot the Piano Player [Video Review]
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View ArticleStarring Jerry as Himself
When you find something that you love, you tend to given in to the temptation to want to become a connoisseur. That’s kind of how I feel about documentaries, possibly my favorite genre. I could...
View ArticleMy Name is Alfred Hitchcock (2024)
Safe to say that no filmmaker in the history of the medium had a better understanding of his audience than Sir Alfred Hitchcock. Hitch had us by the throat. He famously said that he played his...
View ArticleThe Herricanes (2024)
Did you know there was a women’s football league in the laye 70s that played for four seasons? Neither did I, but given the tow-hold that women have been struggling to gain in every male-dominated...
View ArticlePublic Defender (2024)
It is not a job that anyone would be angling for. Who wants to be the public defender fighting for those going to trial for their involvement in the January 6th riots. It’s a dirty job, but...
View ArticleJailhouse to Milhouse (2024)
I had a minor resistance walking into Buddy Farmer’s Jailhouse to Milhouse. So many documentaries about celebrities working through hard times to their career glory tend to be so flattering and clean...
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