Sorry, Baby
| B+ | Sundance 2025 | I was impressed with the quality of this movie all around. The script and direction and editing were all intertwined (I assume) in the…
By Design
| B+ | Sundance 2025 | The tagline for this movie is, "A woman swaps bodies with a chair, and everyone likes her better as a chair." So you already…
Bunnylovr
| B | Sundance 2025 | This movie was more a slice-of-life story, or character study, than a traditional movie with a character arc. Which, it seems to me, requires…
SUBTOPIA: The Story of Hueco Canyon
| A- | Austin Film Festival 2024 | Well done! An indie movie with excellent production values, emulating documentary formats (interviews and reenactments). The festival director said when she started…
The Ego Death of Queen Cecilia
| B+ | Austin Film Festival 2024 | I really enjoyed this film. The main character was interesting, and on an emotional level going through something we all do at…
A Real Pain
| A- | Austin Film Festival 2024 | Delightful. Two quite opposite characters who love each other but come with the friction of being family. A really good script, with…
Time Travel Is Dangerous
| B | Austin Film Festival 2024 | What an odd little film. From the trailer, I'd expected a very indie film. But I recognized several of the actors and…
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…
Raging Midlife
| C+ | Austin Film Festival 2024 | Compared to Operation Taco Gary’s, this was "a dumb comedy made by average people." Absurd but somewhat amusing, with some funny bits…