Quaker Oaths
| A- | AFF Year-Round 2026 | This film originally screened at the Austin Film Festival 10 years ago. But sometimes AFF has other screenings throughout the year and tonight…
The Incomer
| A- | Sundance Film Festival 2026 | A delightful and very funny look at societal outcasts learning how to fit in, set in the "wilds" of Scotland. Everyone in…
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
| A | Austin Film Festival 2025 | Another excellent film from Rian Johnson and the cast and crew he pulled together. And what a cast! Playing interesting characters. The…
Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die
| A- | Fantastic Fest 2025 | This is the other secret screening I attended. The world premiere of Gore Verbinski’s latest film (which I was not even aware of),…
Obsession
| A- | Fantastic Fest 2025 | This was a very affecting film… I’m sure some of my reaction was that innate male fear of a crazy girlfriend. Not that…
The Holy Boy
| A | Fantastic Fest 2025 | I am stunned by the vision of this director/co-writer. The script was fascinating. It kept “unfolding,” revealing layer after layer. It kept shifting…
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…
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…
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…