Paper Tiger
| A- | Austin Film Festival 2020 | I was expecting a message movie about school shootings, or maybe a character study about how a student becomes a shooter. Instead,…
Nine Days
| A | Austin Film Festival 2020 | This was a delightful and thoughtful film! The literal surface is about what it takes to be human. But underneath, it is…
Ford v Ferrari
| A | Austin Film Festival 2019 | The first studio film I’ve seen at the festival this year, and it was really good! Excellent acting, of course. Interesting drama…
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend: Oh My God I Think It’s Over
| A | Austin Film Festival 2019 | Automatic A as I’m emotionally involved in the subject matter (the Crazy Ex-Girlfriend series). Loved this little behind-the-scenes walk down memory lane…
Night Drive
| A- | Fantastic Fest 2019 | Marvelous! One of those films I don’t want to say too much about and ruin the fun if you get to see it.…
The Fare
| A | Other Worlds Austin 2018 | The gem of the festival! The trailer sets up the mystery, but doesn’t do the script justice—the attention to detail, the wonderful…
The Front Runner
| A- | Austin Film Festival 2018 | A very interesting dissection of a very complex topic. Director Jason Reitman does a great job of showing so many points of…
Clara
| A | Austin Film Festival 2018 | Very interesting film that did a great job of balancing science with the unknown/unbelievable. Lots of science, but also lots of character…
The Hauntrepreneur
| A | Austin Film Festival 2018 | Saw this script reading and it was hilarious! And brave enough to include a slew of bad puns. This would be a…
Bad Times At The El Royale
| A- | Fantastic Fest 2018 | An excellent closing night film. The characters were interesting, the script structure was effective (the way it bounced around through time), the direction…