In March I reviewed for TMB the new crime drama, “Crisis”, a harrowing and thought-provoking investigation of the American opioid crisis, at this link: https://www.themovieblog.com/2021/03/a-national-crisis-2021-difficult-to-overplay/ This month I talk with the film’s Writer/Director, Nicholas Jarecki. What is the inspiration ...
On a secluded farm in a nondescript rural town, a man is slowly dying. His family gathers to mourn, and soon a darkness grows, marked by waking nightmares and a growing sense that something evil is taking over the family. ...
Starring Helena Howard, Ellar Coltrane, Elena Kampouris, Nick Krause, James Bloor, Thomas Lennon and Joe Manganiello Written and Directed by Stephen Kijak In the Summer of 1987, four friends, reeling from the sudden break-up of the iconic British band The ...
Earlier this month I reviewed the ultra low budget (in the 10,000 bucks ballpark), yet highly entertaining, “Northwood Pie” for The Movie Blog at this link: “Northwood Pie” (2020): A Honkin’ Slice of The Slacker Sensibility | The Movie Blog ...
Crop circles have been a confounding phenomena for decades. Historical evidence even suggests that these intricate farmland formations may have been in evidence as far back as the late 1600s. The new documentary “Crop Circle Realties”, available now on iTunes ...
Last September I reviewed a film in search of a home, “Koko”, and interviewed Writer/Director Anjani Pandey. Since then the movie, the complex story of a man who wants to wed his dog, has found both a distributor and subsequent ...
Ricky is in prison. He’s going to be there awhile. But for how many years? This is the crux of the new short film, “Shadow Man”, as we listen in on a brief yet absorbing conversation between a desperate man ...
A drug trafficker arranges a multi-cartel Fentanyl smuggling operation. An architect recovering from an Oxycodone addiction tracks down the truth behind her son’s disappearance. A university professor battles unexpected revelations about his employer, a pharmaceutical company bringing a new “non-addictive” ...
https://youtu.be/oY43D-OmGU4 “Northwood Pie” is a scrappy underdog of a film that elevates a town’s communal pizza joint to an essential ‘rite of passage’. Crispin (Todd Knaak) is stuck in the suspended animation – killing time with aimless Community College and ...
Five years after the end of the Civil War, Capt. Jefferson Kyle Kidd crosses paths with a 10-year-old girl taken by the Kiowa people. Forced to return to her aunt and uncle, Kidd agrees to escort the child across the ...
An unfulfilled man and a mysterious woman believe they are living in a simulated reality, but when their newfound “Bliss” world begins to bleed into the “ugly” world, they must decide what’s real and where they truly belong. Director: Mike Cahill ...
Accompanied by his teenage niece, a gay literature professor reluctantly returns home to attend his father’s funeral. Initial release: January 25, 2020 Director/Writer: Alan Ball Streaming on: Amazon Prime Video John Smistad’s Review: Coming out is one of the hardest, and ...
