Elsinore (Stone, 2026)
In theory, I should love this one. I was a theater kid in high school, remember Ian Charleson’s performance in Chariots of Fire fondly, have empathy with the AIDS angle,… Continue reading "Elsinore (Stone, 2026)"
In theory, I should love this one. I was a theater kid in high school, remember Ian Charleson’s performance in Chariots of Fire fondly, have empathy with the AIDS angle,… Continue reading "Elsinore (Stone, 2026)"
AI is hardly the only technological development one could say this about, but I sometimes wonder if all the worry that goes into its possible negative effects at some indeterminate… Continue reading "Good Vibes Only (D’Ambrosio, 2026)"
Sense and Sensibility is listed at IMDB as director Georgia Oakley’s first theatrical feature-length film. (She has some previous credits for shorts and teleivision work). It is also listed as… Continue reading "Sense and Sensibility (Oakley, 2026)"
It is Before Sunrise with fiftysomethings. How you feel about that elevator pitch is probably a better predictor of how you will feel about the movie than would be any… Continue reading "One Day in Sedona (Sorgen, 2026)"
I have spent nearly twenty years trying to convince myself and others that movie reviews are not simply records of personal opinions or taste. And I believe that. At the… Continue reading "Heart of the Beast (Ayer, 2026)"
Iridescence is a four minute, animated music video with no dialogue or musical lyrics. A drop of water is encased in a bottle and delivered by drone to a group… Continue reading "Iridescence (Lhoste, 2025)"
There are, I think, two very different documentaries vying to be born in the chaos that is Katy Scoggin’s Flood. The one is a dispassionate look at young earth creationism,… Continue reading "Flood (Scoggin, 2025)"
Last Train to Fortune is the second film I have watched in as many months that I didn’t actually believe I was enjoying until I got all the way through… Continue reading "Last Train to Fortune (Rifkin, 2025)"
Trigger Warning: This review contains potential plot spoilers for the film reviewed as well as for Rosetta and It’s a Wonderful Life. It also contains discussion of suicide. Assistance is… Continue reading "I Hate Myself and Want to Die (Davis, 2024)"
The first thing that I noticed about Worst Enemy, a twenty-three minute short co-written and co-directed by Kevin Machate (who also stars), is that it has a very polished final… Continue reading "Worst Enemy (Machate and Masterson, 2026)"