Exhibiting Forgiveness (2024)
Opening Birmingham Alabama’s 26th Annual Sidewalk Film Festival [...]
Tag: cinema
Public Defender (2024)
It is not a job that anyone would be angling for. Who wants to be the public defender fighting for those going to trial for their involvement in the January 6th riots. It’s a dirty job, but somebody’s got to do it. And, in Andrea Kalin’s documentary Public Defender that person is Heather Shaner, a […]
The Herricanes (2024)
Did you know there was a women’s football league in the laye 70s that played for four seasons? Neither did I, but given the tow-hold that women have been struggling to gain in every male-dominated field since the women’s movement of the early 1970s, it didn’t surprise me. But yes, just like A League of their […]
Micro Budget (2024)
Micro Budget is a rambunctious comedy with the same absurdist flow as something like “Parks and Rec” or “The Office” or about 90% of what is currently on “Saturday Night Live” if you shave off the persistent political stuff. It’s a very funny movie that feels like a modern TV sitcom, which is both a […]
Starring Jerry as Himself
When you find something that you love, you tend to given in to the temptation to want to become a connoisseur. That’s kind of how I feel about documentaries, possibly my favorite genre. I could watch an entire marathon of documentaries and, in fact, at this year’s Sidewalk Film Festival, I gave an entire day […]
Twisters (2024)
Twisters isn’t exactly a sequel to Jan de Bont’s beloved 1996 tornado spectacle, its more of a remake-quel with, again, impressive visual effects and eardrum-rattling sound design placed around the story of a bunch of thrill-seeking hillbilly scientists who are about as deep as the puddle in your driveway. It gives you what you want, […]
The Best Picture Winners Part 3: All Quiet on the Western Front (1929-30)
The most devastating war of the 20th century inspired a lot of terrible things, but it did inspire one of the greatest and most enduring anti-war statements ever put on film. But, is it truly anti-war? [CLICK ON THE VIDEO]
The First Omen (2024)
Let me start by saying that I did NOT see Michael Mohan’s IMMACULATE, which came out a few weeks ago and to which my fellow critics have labeled this Omen prequel a less-than stellar carbon copy. Having not seen that film I feel that I can safely judge this movie on its own. So, with […]
Roadhouse (2024)
Not that anyone cares, but there is a remake of Roadhouse that Amazon Prime has allowed to skip theaters I might presume because the studio was smart enough to know that this pointless 80s nostalgia retread is a difficult sell over the sequel powerhouses of GHOSTBUSTERS or DUNE PART TWO or KUNG FU PANDA 4. […]
