Polaris
| C | Other Worlds 2022 | Beautifully filmed. Intriguing approach to dialog (all made up language for this post-apocalyptic future). Nice use of the polar bear. And another kid…
The Lost King
| A- | Austin Film Festival 2022 | A very good movie, but what else would you expect from co-writer Steve Coogan and director Stephen Frears? It's a dramatization of…
Country Gold
| C | Fantastic Fest 2022 | This writer/director has a distinctive, I would say odd, voice. The film was at turns surreal or absurd or philosophical or a fever…
The Antares Paradox
| C- | Fantastic Fest 2022 | God damn it… This was such a mixed movie. I hardly know how to grade it. I liked the main character (Alexandra) a…
Amazing Eliza
| B- | Fantastic Fest 2022 | This was an engaging drama, skipping around between three separate storylines. Each kept me involved, with interesting characters making sometimes surprising choices. What…
Nova
| C- | Other Worlds 2021 | This movie was exceedingly mediocre. I could rant here about the script and the acting, but that would feel like kicking someone when…
The Alternate
| B | Other Worlds 2021 | I will say up front that the origin of the portal is strange (and unique), but the care taken in the lead-up to…
Lucas
| B | Austin Film Festival 2021 | Like Spaghetti Junction, this film was a coming-of-age story.. But this one was much grittier, perhaps because it's a boy's story? Or…
Everything I Ever Wanted To Tell My Daughter About Men
| A- | Austin Film Festival 2021 | This is my top gem of this year's festival. The script was really good, twisting through this woman's history to look at…
The Humans
| B | Austin Film Festival 2021 | This was originally a Tony-winning play that then got turned into this movie. And certainly it sounds like one--I feel like playwrights…