Sunny Dancer
Individuals who have journeyed through the valley of the shadow of death can recognize a fellow pilgrim from a grief tourist or uninitiated bystander. Gallows humor is met with laughter… Continue reading "Sunny Dancer"
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Heart of the Beast (Ayer, 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)"
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Iridescence (Lhoste, 2025)
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)"
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Flood (Scoggin, 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)"
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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)"