Out of the Dark (Quílez, 2014)
Either Out of the Dark had the misfortune to be released too soon in the wake of The Babadook or--more likely--horror films in general are a bit too formulaic for my taste.
Category: Disclosure–AS
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Beyond the Mask (Burns, 2015)
Who doesn't like a good redemption arc?
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As It is in Heaven (Overbay, 2014)
With his debut feature, director Joshua Overbay has created an intriguing story of a tiny cult, prompting consideration of the continuum uniting acceptable religion and fringe groups.
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Hoovey (McNamara, 2015)
Hoovey is the sort of film about which a youth pastor or sleep-over-host parent can skim a capsule summary and know exactly what he or she is getting.
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Documentary Double Feature: “To Be Takei” and “The Pleasures of Being Out of Step”
These two documentaries, now available for home viewing, offer interesting profiles of Nat Hentoff and George Takei, two American icons who effectively blend their involvement in the worlds of entertainment and civil rights activism.
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Strange Rumblings in Shangri La (Guglielmino, 2014)
The film, shot on 16mm, has a coloring that surpasses anything I have had the pleasure of watching in the last several months. In addition to the storytelling or the framing, the pure, saturated colors were a treat for the eye.
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Interstellar (Nolan, 2014)
A full plot synopsis of Interstellar would probably exhaust my thesaurus' stock of synonyms for "inexplicable."
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Rose McGowan’s Dawn and the Problem of Short Films
We get thirty minutes of commercials before the previews start at the cinema. Would it be too much to ask for a short film every now and then? I know one pretty good one; I'll bet there are others where this came from.
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Hollidaysburg (Martemucci, 2014)
Hollidaysburg did make me want to see her competitor's film, so Martemucci did will by the series. It also made me want to see what she could do if she got to choose her own material, so she did fine by herself, too.
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Dolphin Tale 2 (Smith, 2014)
Okay, I admit that Dolphin Tale 2 is probably not the kind of movie I would have screened in a theater if the film's publicity unit hadn't twisted my arm a little. But you know what? I'm kind of glad they did.