By Mark Saldana Rating: 3.5 (Out of 4 Stars) A sort of spiritual relative to Can’t Hardly Wait, The Get Together focuses on a group of twenty-somethings at a house party facing scary and uncertain futures as they attempt to fully embrace their lives as true adults. Shot in and around the Austin, Texas area,… Continue reading Austin Film Festival 2020 Review: THE GET TOGETHER
Category: Festivals
Austin Film Festival 2020 Review: NINE DAYS
By Mark Saldana Rating 3.5 (Out of 4 Stars) My festival officially began with this “Marquee” opener. I have seen several movies that envision or imagine the “afterlife.’ Never before had I ever seen a film that presents the “before-life.” Written and directed by Edson Oda, Nine Days gives its audience an visionary and highly… Continue reading Austin Film Festival 2020 Review: NINE DAYS
Film News: Austin Jewish Film Fest Returns for the 18th year November 7 – 13
By Liz Lopez The Austin Jewish Film Festival (AJFF) celebrates their 18th year by presenting a large number of Jewish films from the U.S. and around the world – four times more programming. For this year, AJFF has produced a festival consistent with the needs during the pandemic, including secure, socially-distanced drive-in events for opening… Continue reading Film News: Austin Jewish Film Fest Returns for the 18th year November 7 – 13
Critica de cine: Blinders en el Austin Film Festival
Por Liz López Rating: B+ “Blinders”, el último largometraje del coguionista / director / productor Tyler Savage (Inheritance), se estrenó mundialmente en el FrightFest de Londres a principios de este año y luego hizo su debut en Norteamérica en el Festival de Cine de Austin este mes. Al principio, cuando leí la muy breve descripción… Continue reading Critica de cine: Blinders en el Austin Film Festival
Critica de cine: Horton Foote: The Road to Home en el Austin Film Festival
Por Liz Lopez Rating: A+ Anne Rapp (supervisora de guión de “Tender Mercies”, entre otros) dirigió y produjo el documental “Horton Foote: The Road To Home”, y el estreno mundial fue en el Festival de Cine de Austin de este año. Para cualquiera que no esté familiarizado con Horton Foote, es un dramaturgo y guionista… Continue reading Critica de cine: Horton Foote: The Road to Home en el Austin Film Festival
Austin Film Festival 2020 Review: MURDER BURY WIN
By Mark Saldana Rating: 2.5 (Out of 4 Stars) Even though the programmers placed this film in the Comedy Vanguard category, this bloody and gory comic film could also fit in with the Dark Matters label, as the humor goes very dark, embracing gags of the gallows variety. That can be a very difficult line… Continue reading Austin Film Festival 2020 Review: MURDER BURY WIN
Austin Film Festival 2020 Review: HORTON FOOTE: THE ROAD TO HOME
By Liz Lopez Rating: A+ Anne Rapp (“Tender Mercies” script supervisor, among others) directed and produced the documentary, “Horton Foote: The Road To Home,” and the world premiere was at this year’s Austin Film Festival. For anyone who is not familiar with Horton Foote, he is a Wharton, Texas born playwright and screenwriter, who also… Continue reading Austin Film Festival 2020 Review: HORTON FOOTE: THE ROAD TO HOME
Austin Film Festival 2020 Review: BLINDERS
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3.5 (Out of 4 Stars) I began my vitual film festival a day early with a screener for this entry in the “Dark Matters” category. For the uninitiated, this particular category features films that fall under the horror and dark thriller genres. Blinders certainly fits this bill. This movie puts a… Continue reading Austin Film Festival 2020 Review: BLINDERS
Austin Film Festival 2020 Review: FUGITIVE DREAMS
By Mark Saldana Rating: 4 (Out of 4 Stars) It has been a while since I have seen an indie art film that has blown me away like this one. I continued my virtual festival with a screener for Fugitive Dreams, a film that comes across as the love child of Andrei Tarkovsky and Jim… Continue reading Austin Film Festival 2020 Review: FUGITIVE DREAMS
Sitges Film Festival Review: THE OLD WAYS
By Liz Lopez Rating: B+ There have been several horror cinematic efforts to convey aspects of the Mexican culture when it comes to rituals for healing, often labeled as witchcraft by individuals who are not familiar with the culture and/or how some maladies are cured before modern medicine of the West was introduced. Some scripts… Continue reading Sitges Film Festival Review: THE OLD WAYS