Day: May 14, 2018

By Jan Hamilton When the audience first meets Richie Wincott (Tye Sheridan), he has just turned eighteen and has aged out of his residence with Child Protective Services.  His is not interested in any further education and doesn’t even have a GED.  When one first sees him, the first thought is, “This is where the… Continue reading SXSW 2018 Review: FRIDAY’S CHILD

By Jan Hamilton The audience first sees Ruth (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) as she awakes from a nightmare.  In her dream, she is in the middle of an earthquake, with water rising around her bed.  Awake, she realizes it was no dream and she is the one causing the earthquake.  Now on the run, the only place… Continue reading SXSW 2018 Review: FAST COLOR

By Jan Hamilton In a slow-moving, but satisfying film, Armie Hammer plays James Lord, an American who visits Paris in 1964.  He is friends with artist Alberto Giacometti (Geoffrey Rush) and agrees to sit for a portrait, although due to leave for the States within days.  Alberto has told him the painting will only take… Continue reading SXSW 2018 Review: FINAL PORTRAIT

By  Jan Hamilton On their first anniversary, Jackie (Hannah Emily Anderson) and Jules (Brittany Allen), an attractive female couple, visits Jackie’s childhood home.  The place is a beautiful old house on a wooded lakeside with the the only other house across the lake.  Therefore, Jackie and Jules have total privacy.  As Jules sees it for… Continue reading SXSW 2018 Review: WHAT KEEPS YOU ALIVE