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“The Alpines” (2021): Extreme “Unfriending”

By John Smistad
January 15, 2022
4 min read
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Synopsis “The Alpines” follows seven friends coming together for a weekend getaway after several years of scarce contact. They’ve grown apart. They’ve moved on with their lives. But the secrets of their past will come back to haunt them. A ...
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Filmmakers takes on “Faking a Murderer” (2021)

By John Smistad
August 3, 2021
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https://youtu.be/RyFWISDu7no Psyche! Me, as it happens.  I totally bought into the notion that everyone was in on the gag in the new crime mind-mucker “Faking a Murderer”.  Turns out they weren’t, oh rused reviewer. Director Stuart Stone and Producer Adam Rodness co-star ...
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“Whitetail” (2021): Like father, like son?

By John Smistad
July 18, 2021
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Evil has infected a vast and forested remote Texas ranch.  Into this crucible enter a father, son and uncle. What follows is terrifying. Thus is the sinister and multi-layered parable presented us in the new domestic crime thriller “Whitetail”. I spoke ...
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Features, Interviews, Movie Reviews

Indie Filmmaker Anjani Pandey chronicles the Road to Wide Release for “Koko” (2020)

By John Smistad
March 20, 2021
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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 ...
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“Shadow Man” (2021): Reaching for a Ray of Light through the Darkness

By John Smistad
March 18, 2021
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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 ...
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Fiona Mackenzie Relates about Relationships in her New Film “Tell Me I Love You” (2020)

By John Smistad
June 3, 2020
9 min read
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Despite too often times jarring evidence to the contrary, love is all around. This is the reassuring strand running through the new rom-com “Tell Me I Love You”. I spoke with Writer/Director Fiona Mackenzie about her charmingly quirky film. “Tell ...
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Filmmaker and Co-Star size up simple yet sinister slice of life “The Departure” (2020)

By John Smistad
May 31, 2020
6 min read
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The new independent drama “The Departure” launches us on a journey into relationship insecurity most contemptuous. Merland Hoxha wrote and directed this yarn of young L.A. professionals striving for solid footing amidst the ever-looming quicksand that threatens to gobble up ...
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Would that “South Mountain” Filmmaker Hilary Brougher Make this More of a Habit

By John Smistad
May 14, 2020
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Talia Balsam startles as Lila, an eccentric and enigmatic woman struggling to cope with her fragile mentality and fracturing family in the new domestic drama “South Mountain”. Hilary Brougher’s main gig is professor of graduate film at Columbia University. Her ...
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“For the Weekend”: Fancy a Slice of the Silly with your Scary?

By John Smistad
April 26, 2020
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Mixing comedy with suspense can make for a really tricky cinematic recipe. Do you aspire to inspire your audience to giggle or gasp? However, when done right it is quite often entertainment most delectable. Filmmakers Tom Dever and Warren J. ...
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Two New Indies: “Scooter” and “Groupers”. Of the Two, Roll with the Latter.

By John Smistad
October 4, 2019
3 min read
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“Scooter”: A most Unctuous & Unwelcome Return to the Found Footage Fad So you thought Found Footage Flicks had long since come and gone, didja?  Oh, think again, my friend.  The new alleged thriller “Scooter” has rolled onto the scene.  ...
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“Hatchback”: Good if you’re in The Mood & My Interview with The Filmmaker Eric H. Sheffield

By John Smistad
September 3, 2019
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If you fancy a flick about a homeless chick living in a compact car parked along a curb on a neighborhood street who falls in love with a guy who lives on the block who falls in love with her ...
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“Wade in the Water”: So you think YOUR relationship is weird?

By John Smistad
June 1, 2019
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Video Review   The new dark semi-comic domestic drama “Wade in the Water” practically defies description. Trailer: Sure, our man never gives his name. He works from home. His neighbours are all idiots. He doesn’t really “do” friends. But all ...
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