Last Train to Fortune (Rifkin, 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)"
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I Hate Myself and Want to Die (Davis, 2024)
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)"
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Worst Enemy (Machate and Masterson, 2026)
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)"
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Why I Joined CriticBridge
Earlier this summer, I signed up for CriticBridge, a service that describes itself as a platform “connecting independent filmmakers with vetted critics and journalists…” I did not think much about… Continue reading "Why I Joined CriticBridge"
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Where Did the Adults Go? (Marsh, 2026)
I found Where Did the Adults Go? stagey. Yet in film critic lingo, “stagey” carries a more negative connotation than I felt about this particular film. Consequently, I had to… Continue reading "Where Did the Adults Go? (Marsh, 2026)"
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Katy Perry: The Lifetimes Tour – Live from Paris (Dugdale, 2026)
“I just want to know who my audience is,” Katy Perry claims, somewhat disingenuously, after asking if there are any KatyCats in the Paris crowd watching her perform. There are… Continue reading "Katy Perry: The Lifetimes Tour – Live from Paris (Dugdale, 2026)"
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Coyote vs. Acme (Green, 2026)
When I was an undergraduate student in the 1980s, several of my friends gave me the nickname “Supergenius” due to some mysterious resemblance they saw between me and Wile E.… Continue reading "Coyote vs. Acme (Green, 2026)"
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Tony (Johnson, 2026)
I admired Tony the movie even if I found it very difficult to root for Tony the human being. This film is an origin story, so it both helps your… Continue reading "Tony (Johnson, 2026)"
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Black Men in Uniform: The Untold Story (La-Paz, 2025)
Black Men in Uniform is one of those rare films that I am so reluctant to criticize that I wish I had not watched it. I trust that the intentions… Continue reading "Black Men in Uniform: The Untold Story (La-Paz, 2025)"
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Lady Parts (Boyd, 2024)
What feels like the most important thing to say about Lady Parts is that it isn’t funny. Not even a little bit. That is not a criticism. The film is… Continue reading "Lady Parts (Boyd, 2024)"