For years now, film lovers in Los Angeles have enjoyed the yearly TCM Classic Film Festival held at the TCL Chinese Theatre complex in Hollywood. That area of town becomes the cinephile center of the world for several...
Category - Film Review
Terry Morgan
“Jumbo” film review
The standard definition for the term “pathetic fallacy” is “the attribution of human feelings and responses to inanimate things or animals, especially in art or literature.” This is so common a thing that a term had to...
SXSW Film Review: Udo Kier in ‘Swan Song’
The legendary cult actor makes the most of a role as a small-town hairdresser tending to a client one final time.
Kurt Gardner
Small Engine Repair – film review
Laced with casual expletives, John Pollono’s Small Engine Repair packs a powerful punch. Pictured above, left-right: Packie (Shea Whigham), Swaino (Jon Bernthal) and Frank Romanoski (John Pollono) also Ciara...
Pauline Adamek
“Lucky” film review
The use of genre films to deliver a social or political statement has a long history. They’re a convenient delivery device – the audience knows the rules, and without hitting them over the head with a heavy-handed...