The Order
| A | Austin Film Festival 2024 | I often skip the big-studio films playing at Austin Film Festival, since they will be released soon and I want to see…
Lake George
| A | Fantastic Fest 2024 | A marvelous movie. The description in the program sums it up perfectly: “A darkly comedic neo-noir, a road trip movie, and a redemption…
I, The Executioner
| B | Fantastic Fest 2024 | A very good Korean cop thriller. I enjoyed the characters and the crime they were investigating. There was one twist I guessed early…
The Hidden Web
| B | Austin Film Festival 2023 | An engaging mystery. It seemed slow at times, but paid off with the twists and the gruesome depiction of the crimes underneath…
The Last Stop In Yuma County
| B+ | Fantastic Fest 2023 | Another really good script! It does not follow the typical pattern for this kind of thriller, with very satisfying results. I can’t say…
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
| A+ | Austin Film Festival 2022 | Wow! I was completely delighted by this movie! Such an amazing script, with so many twists and turns and interesting characters. And…
Bad Times At The El Royale
| A- | Fantastic Fest 2018 | An excellent closing night film. The characters were interesting, the script structure was effective (the way it bounced around through time), the direction…
Under The Silver Lake
| C | Fantastic Fest 2018 | Production values were great for this film. Direction was obviously nodding to Hitchcock and was enjoyable to watch. But again we come down…
The Standoff At Sparrow Creek
| B | Fantastic Fest 2018 | This was a good closed-room mystery. Tense and with enough twists to keep you wondering what was going on. I would have graded…
Uncle John
| A | SXSW 2015 | Good film! I liked the main actor and the character he played. The film was an interesting mix between romance and thriller. Definitely recommended!…