Night Patrol
| C+ | Fantastic Fest 2025 | I really wrestled with this movie. The first half was already a mixed bag. Some interesting characters and good humor. But also some…
Wall Udder
| B+ | Fantastic Fest 2025 } I don’t usually watch shorts programs, but the descriptions of several in one block appealed to me. The best of these was Wall…
Mother of Flies
| B+ | Fantastic Fest 2025 | These filmmakers are a family of four (and their friends) who decide they are going to make a movie and work hard and…
Road to Vendetta
| B | Fantastic Fest 2025 | A fun martial arts action movie with an actual story (not just skipping from fight sequence to fight sequence). The premise starts with…
Primate
| B | Fantastic Fest 2025 | This was a non-supernatural horror movie. Which is not usually up my alley—I'm less about "just survive!" than "what the heck is going…
Sorry, Baby
| B+ | Sundance Film Festival 2025 | I was impressed with the quality of this movie all around. The script and direction and editing were all intertwined (I assume)…
By Design
| B+ | Sundance Film Festival 2025 | The tagline for this movie is, "A woman swaps bodies with a chair, and everyone likes her better as a chair." So…
Bunnylovr
| B | Sundance Film Festival 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…
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…