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 very real and genuinely terrifying threat is ready to expose … [Read More]
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 and co-wrote this story of a couple of conniving Canucks co-conspiring … [Read More]
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 with writer/director Derek Presley. Having grown up in, and lived … [Read More]
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 viewing platforms. Before reading my update interview with Pandey, I … [Read More]
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 and a woman who holds the fate of his life … [Read More]
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 Me I Love You” is a standard romantic comedy presented … [Read More]
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 lovers whole. Kendall Chappell is among the ensemble cast. … [Read More]
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 side hustle, writing and directing independent movies, has, over nearly … [Read More]
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. Williams are a couple of guys who give this curious … [Read More]
“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. And thank God it will soon be going down in … [Read More]
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 back……if that’s what you’re yearning for, then the new quirky … [Read More]
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 that changes when a mis-delivered package arrives in his post … [Read More]