Movie Reviews

Guilt is always a complex emotion with a lot of nuance. Survivors guilt, deep guilt over a life changing mistake, guilt over neglecting a partner… guilt can manifest (and be handled) in a lot of ways. At its core, Jurgis Matulevicius’ directorial debut, Isaac (also known as Izaokas) uses it …

Ah; YouTube. It’s not just for entertainment anymore, it’s practically a lifestyle. And for a wealthy girl like Leah in Darragh Carey and Bertrand Desrochers’ film, A Brixton Tale, getting gritty footage is a way to break into the professional film world. And she’ll do anything to get there. Synopsis: …

When I heard that Ivan Kavanagh (read our interview with the director here), the filmmaker behind Tin Can Man (2007 – read our review here), The Canal (2014 – read our review here), and Never Grow Old (2019 – read our review here) had a new project coming out called …

Synopsis for A Black Rift Begins to Yawn: Through a mysterious circumstance, two former classmates come into possession of their deceased professor’s set of cassette tapes, which possibly contain recordings of strange signals from beyond the stars. As the women dig into the recordings, they begin to feel memories, the …

The Vigil (2021) is an inherently Jewish film. The reviewer is not, but will do his best to respectfully commentate from outside that perspective in this latest movie review. Synopsis for The Vigil: A young man agrees to fulfil the duties of a “shomer,” the ritualistic practice of looking after …

Kerry Mondragon’s (Meet Me At A Funeral) stylized indie drama TYGER TYGER is quite the experience. The film stars Dylan Sprouse (Banana Split), Sam Quartin (Body Brokers), Eden Brolin (Arkansas), Craig Stark (Honeyboy), Max Madsen (Yellowstone), and Barbara Palvin (Giorgio Armani: Light di Gioia). Synopis for TYGER TYGER This film follows …

When I agreed to review Scott Lake’s short, Killing Time, all I had to go on was the synopsis: Ethan, a caring husband and loving father, is awakened by a masked man with a gun. Upset and looking for answers, what Ethan learns will leave him terrified to his very …

Many of us grew up with the Wrong Turn franchise, and know that those films hold a special place in our hearts. Although I was hesitant about the announcement for the reimagining of Wrong Turn, the trailer, poster, and stills looked promising. The film was directed by Mike P. Nelson (read …

The crime drama Respite (2021) wants to make a point about how past sins can prompt revenge. And it does so in some ways… it just gets a little too predictable and imitative. Gravitas Ventures recently snagged North American rights to Saro Varjabedian’s (Me To Play 2021) gritty feature film. Private …

Recently, I had the opportunity to watch the documentary, Morgana, for the San Francisco Indie Fest 2021. I believe that pornography films, especially in the United States, are more times than not associated with being “dirty.” That wasn’t the vibe I got from the synopsis at all, and this is …