Sunlight
| B | Austin Film Festival 2023 | I enjoyed this interesting examination of friendship and preparing for death. The premise comes with conflict built in—one friend is ill and…
Grapefruit
| B | Austin Film Festival | Honestly, I was very tired and falling asleep during part of this movie. Not the movie's fault at all—just film festival exhaustion setting…
The Secret Art Of Human Flight
| B | Austin Film Festival 2023 | A funny meditation on grief and working through it. It reminded me of Safety Not Guaranteed (which the star/producer referenced in the…
Christmess
| B- | Austin Film Festival 2023 | A “slice of an alcoholic’s life” movie. Showed me a side of life I (hope I) will never see. Nice script with…
Last Straw
| D | Austin Film Festival | I’m not sure why this film was made. I don’t go to a lot of movies in this “lone woman against psychos” genre,…
Villains Incorporated
| B | Austin Film Festival 2023 | A silly comedy that had me laughing out loud. Don't expect a complicated plot or deep characters. Do expect a lot of…
For When You Get Lost
| A- | Austin Film Festival 2023 | I’m on a streak—three movies in a row with fantastic scripts! This movie came across as so real. The characters were so…
Bucky F*cking Dent
| A- | Austin Film Festival 2023 | So well done! A beautiful and touching script. Excellent acting. (Stephanie Beatriz had one particularly notable scene.) Overall an impressive movie from…
Egghead & Twinkie
| B+ | Austin Film Festival 2023 | A delightful movie! Excellent script full of emotional truths. Wonderful acting. Interesting visual style with so many surreal, fun insertions. And overall…
Jonah
| C | Austin Film Festival 2023 | This was the first feature by this director. And he pulled everything together to make a full movie with good production values.…