The Hidden Web
| B | Austin Film Festival 2023 | An engaging mystery. It seemed slow at times, but paid off with the twists and the gruesome depiction of the crimes underneath…
Don’t Tell Larry
| B | Austin Film Festival 2023 | A funny farce that keeps throwing obstacle after obstacle at the protagonists. Several times I was thinking, “Whew, they solved that prob—wait,…
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…
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…
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…
One Percenter
| B+ | Fantastic Fest 2023 | Excellent Japanese martial arts film, with excellent fight scenes. Even had a good story behind the reason guys were beating the crap out…
Restore Point
| B | Fantastic Fest 2023 | Very good science fiction movie, coming at you from the Czech Republic. I only point out the source because the director said it’s…