Gone in the Night, 2022. Co-written and Directed by Eli Horowitz. Starring Winona Ryder, Dermot Mulroney, John Gallagher Jr, Owen Teague, and Brianne Tju. SYNOPSIS: Upon arriving at a remote cabin in the redwoods, Kath and her boyfriend find a mysterious younger couple already there. A seemingly typical cabin-in-the-woods romp becomes something different both for […]
Movie Review – To Leslie (2022)
To Leslie, 2022. Directed by Michael Morris. Starring Andrea Riseborough, Allison Janney, Marc Maron, Andre Royo, Owen Teague, Stephen Root, James Landry Hebert, Matt Lauria, and Catfish Jean. SYNOPSIS: A West Texas single mother wins the lottery and squanders it just as fast, leaving behind a world of heartbreak. Years later, with her charm running […]
Movie Review – Hypochondriac (2022)
Hypochondriac, 2022. Written and directed by Addison Heimann. Starring Zach Villa, Devon Graye, Madeline Zima, Yumarie Morales, Marlene Forte, Chris Doubek, Paget Brewster, Adam Busch, Michael Cassidy, Peter Mensah, and Debra Wilson. SYNOPSIS: A young potter’s life devolves into chaos as he loses function of his body while being haunted by the physical manifestation of […]
Movie Review – The Cellar (2022)
The Cellar, 2022. Written and Directed by Brendan Muldowney. Starring Elisha Cuthbert, Eoin Macken, Abby Fitz, Dylan Fitzmaurice-Brady, Aaron Monaghan, Tara Lee, and Andrew Bennett. SYNOPSIS: Keira Woods’ daughter mysteriously vanishes in the cellar of their new house. She soon discovers there is an ancient and powerful entity controlling their home that she will have […]
2022 SXSW Film Festival Review – 32 Sounds
32 Sounds, 2022. Directed by Sam Green. SYNOPSIS: Explores the elemental phenomenon of sound and its power to bend time, cross borders, and profoundly shape our perception of the world around us. Oscar-nominated director Sam Green’s (The Weather Underground) new film 32 Sounds offers one of the most immersive documentary experiences you’re ever likely to have, […]
2022 SXSW Film Festival Review – Women Do Cry
Women Do Cry, 2021. Directed by Vesela Kazakova and Mina Mileva. Starring Maria Bakalova, Vesela Kazakova, Iossif Surchadzhiev, Diana Spasova, Bilyana Kazakova, Dobriela Popova, Rositca Gevrenova, Ralitsa Stoyanova, and Katia Kazakova. SYNOPSIS: A promising musician, Sonja, learns that she’s contracted HIV. After she drops out of the music conservatory, Sonja is helped out by her […]
2022 SXSW Film Festival Review – The Thief Collector
The Thief Collector, 2022. Directed by Allison Otto. Starring Glenn Howerton, Sarah Minnich, Scott Takeda, and Matt Pittenger. SYNOPSIS: In 1985, Willem de Kooning’s “Woman-Ochre,” one of the most valuable paintings of the 20th century, was cut from its frame at the University of Arizona Museum of Art. 32 years later, the painting was found […]
2022 SXSW Film Festival Review – Linoleum
Linoleum, 2022. Written and directed by Colin West. Starring Jim Gaffigan, Rhea Seehorn, Katelyn Nacon, Gabriel Rush, Amy Hargreaves, West Duchovny, Michael Ian Black, Tony Shalhoub, Elisabeth Henry, and Roger Hendricks Simon. SYNOPSIS: When the host of a failing children’s science show tries to fulfill his childhood dream of becoming an astronaut by building a […]
2022 SXSW Film Festival Review – Clean
Clean, 2022. Directed by Lachlan McLeod. Starring Sandra Pankhurst. SYNOPSIS: A fly-on-the-wall insight into the world of trauma cleaning through the journey of larger-than-life business owner Sandra Pankhurst and the workers at Melbourne’s Specialised Trauma Cleaning Services. Trauma cleaning is a remarkably niche subject and one scarcely explored on film, beyond perhaps the mostly-forgotten 2008 […]
Movie Review – The Unknown Country (2022)
The Unknown Country, 2022. Written and Directed by Morrisa Maltz. Starring Lily Gladstone, Raymond Lee, Richard Ray Whitman, Lainey Bearkiller Shangreaux, Devin Shangreaux, Jasmine “Jazzy” Bearkiller Shangreaux, Pam Richter, Dale Leander Toller, Florence R. Perrin, and Scott Stamper. SYNOPSIS: A grieving woman embarks on an unexpected road trip from the Midwest toward the Texas-Mexico border […]
