All posts tagged "Indie"
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Mark Glass | August 23, 2024
THE BECOMERS – Review
Start with the classic, INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS. Flip the perspective to that of the aliens who...
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Mark Glass | July 23, 2024
MIDNIGHT TAXI – Review
First of all, if you’re a vintage film buff who has already seen 1937’s MIDNIGHT TAXI, this new...
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Mark Glass | July 19, 2024
NEW STRAINS – Review
The low-key indie dramedy NEW STRAINS either succeeds or sucks, depending on what you’re seeking. For starters, do...
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Cate Marquis | October 1, 2021
OLD HENRY – Review
The classic Western rides again, with Tim Blake Nelson playing a quiet widowed farmer with teen-aged son on...
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Cate Marquis | July 12, 2020
FIRST COW – Review
Kelly Reichardt’s FIRST COW offers a tale of friendship and American dreams, set in a hardscrabble frontier outpost...
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Jim Batts | April 19, 2018
LEAN ON PETE – Review
Add another animal star to the ever-expanding movie zoo. Now make room Garfield and Benjy, ’cause he’s...
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Jim Batts | April 20, 2017
FREE FIRE – Review
Hold on to your wallets and purses, here comes the creeps and crooks because it’s crime time...
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Travis Keune | February 11, 2015
WYRMWOOD: ROAD OF THE DEAD – The Review
We’ve been through many cycles of cinematic history now, reached many milestones and have given birth to many...
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Travis Keune | May 29, 2014
THE BIG ASK – The Review
I am going to share with you a hypothetical scenario. As I do, imagine yourself in this scenario....
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Travis Keune | May 15, 2014
DON PEYOTE – The Review
For the sake of full disclosure, I would like to begin by declaring that I am not now,...
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Jerry Cavallaro | January 18, 2014
THE PRETTY ONE Trailer Is Charming As Hell
Last Spring I had the pleasure of seeing THE PRETTY ONE starring Zoe Kazan, Jake Johnson & Ron...
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Travis Keune | July 21, 2013
THE BATTERY – Fantasia Review
Is there anything more American than baseball and zombies? Sure, that’s not how you’re normally used to hearing...
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Jerry Cavallaro | April 23, 2013
TFF 2013 DAILY RECAP: Friday April 19th
I want to start off by apologizing for the delay in my coverage this year. I thought I’d...
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Jerry Cavallaro | April 3, 2013
ORLANDO FILM FESTIVAL 2013 Call For Entries
Later this month I will begin my annual coverage of the Tribeca Film Festival but this post is...
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Jim Batts | November 10, 2012
WRINKLES – SLIFF Review
Silver screen icon Bette Davis is generally credited with this adage, “Old age isn’t for sissies.”. This is...
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Dan Schindel | October 19, 2012
NIGHT OF THE PUNKS – The Short Review
Dan Riesser’s horror/comedy short NIGHT OF THE PUNKS has played quite well at various film festivals. The full...
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Jerry Cavallaro | May 2, 2012
Tribeca 2012 Review: FREE SAMPLES
I will throw myself onto the altar as a sacrificial lamb so that fellow critics much better than...
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Travis Keune | March 27, 2012
THE DROUGHT (2011) – The Short Review
Not since David Lynch’s THE STRAIGHT STORY have I enjoyed a film about the charm of an elderly...