By Jan Hamilton Bonnie and Matt are a devoted, successful young couple living in the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn. She is an architect, they both work long hours, and late one night after Bonnie goes out drinking with friends, and she walks the short trip back to her apartment alone. She is pulled into an… Continue reading SXSW 2017 Review: THE LIGHT OF THE MOON
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SXSW 2017 Review: LIKE ME
By Jan Hamilton This is the story of Kiya, a strange and solitary young woman. She lives her life online, posting herself doing weird things, like chewing huge wads of brightly colored gummy candy with her mouth open. She has a large following, but she feels she must out do herself each time, so her… Continue reading SXSW 2017 Review: LIKE ME
SXSW 2017 Review: LANE 1974
By Jan Hamilton If you saw the very wonderful Captain Fantastic, you know how really great a life lived off the grid can be, although not without problems. That same type of life, but set in the seventies, is what Lane 1974 presents. It’s like the dark flip-side of Captain Fantastic, mostly because the children… Continue reading SXSW 2017 Review: LANE 1974
SXSW 2017 Review: INFINITY BABY
By Jan Hamilton In the not too distant future, a new corporation has developed the ultimate product: a baby that never grows up, and needs only minimal care. For some reason, the corporation pays the parents to take the baby. In this black and white film, Larry (Kevin Corrigan) and Malcolm (Martin Starr) play a… Continue reading SXSW 2017 Review: INFINITY BABY
SXSW 2017 Review: FITS AND STARTS
By Jan Hamilton This amusing comedy stars the very wonderful Wyatt Cenac. If you have been watching his current TV series, People of Earth, you no doubt like his wonderful dead-pan persona. Wyatt plays David, married to Jennifer (Greta Lee), they are a pair of young writers. The problem is that Jennifer is much, much… Continue reading SXSW 2017 Review: FITS AND STARTS
SXSW 2017 REVIEW: SIGNATURE MOVE
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3.5 (Out of 4 Stars) I must say that this year’s festival was a pretty good year for diversity in cinema. Director Jennifer Reeder’s Signature Move features a Muslim Pakistani-American, lesbian protagonist trying to pursue a romantic relationship with a Mexican-American girlfriend, but without revealing the complete truth to her uber-traditional… Continue reading SXSW 2017 REVIEW: SIGNATURE MOVE
SXSW 2017 Review: THE LIGHT OF THE MOON
By Mark Saldana Rating: 4 (Out of 4 Stars) Actress Stephanie Beatriz might be best known as for her intensity and comic chops on TV’s Brooklyn Nine-Nine, but the talented actress shows that she can handle the genuine drama and vulnerability that comes with portraying a victim of sexual assault in the outstanding film The… Continue reading SXSW 2017 Review: THE LIGHT OF THE MOON
SXSW 2017 Review: INHERITANCE
By Mark Saldana Rating: 4 (Out of 4 Stars) No one ever truly enjoys returning home to bury a parent. This is especially true when doing so re-opens old painful wounds and releases some inner demons from the past. Written and directed by Laura E. Davis and Jessica Kaye, the bold and powerful film Inheritance… Continue reading SXSW 2017 Review: INHERITANCE
SXSW 2017 Review: THE MOST HATED WOMAN IN AMERICA
By Mark Saldana Rating: 3.5 (Out of 4 Stars) Since the 1960s, the name Madalyn Murray O’Hair became synonymous with atheism. Her political activism made her famous, but her brash, sometimes abrasive personality made her infamous. Writer/director Tommy O’Haver has made a biopic about the controversial Murray O’Hair that details some of her battles to… Continue reading SXSW 2017 Review: THE MOST HATED WOMAN IN AMERICA
SXSW 2017 Review: ATOMIC BLONDE
By Jan Hamilton Charlize Theron sizzles as Lorraine Broughton, a British secret agent sent to Berlin just before the fall of the Wall. Her cover is that she is to bring home the body of another agent, with whom she seems to have had a relationship. Because she is so emotionless, it’s hard to tell.… Continue reading SXSW 2017 Review: ATOMIC BLONDE