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…
Strange Darling
| A- | Fantastic Fest 2023 | This cut of the film started out very cleverly, which you won't get to see once the movie is released. The first frames…
The Toxic Avenger
| A- | Fantastic Fest 2023 | World premiere at Fantastic Fest! In attendance were Macon Blair (director of this reboot) and Lloyd Kaufman (co-writer/co-director of the 1984 original, and…
Have Hold Take
| A- | Other Worlds 2022 | This creative team (writer/actress and director) brought The Fare to Other Worlds in 2018 and I loved it, so I had high expectations…
Violent Night
| A- | Other Worlds 2022 | The festival could not get the opening night movie to play (something in the digital protection could not be unlocked), so they persuaded…
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…
The Visitor From The Future
| A- | Fantastic Fest 2022 | Very funny! And also a good time travel movie! In the first five minutes you’re given a good indication of what you’ve signed…
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…
Masking Threshold
| A | Fantastic Fest 2021 | This was a fascinating, fascinating movie. If it's an experimental movie, it's a successful one. Yes, the whole film is like the trailer--stream…