The Book Of Solutions
| C+ | Fantastic Fest 2023 | I'm always wary of stories that require context. I'd read all the fest's films' descriptions two weeks ago, so by the time I…
The Altman Method
| C | Fantastic Fest 2023 | Hmm... Fantastic Fest's description called this a "black comedy," but I would label it a "grey drama." They also said it was "nuanced,"…
Stopmotion
| C | Fantastic Fest 2023 | This movie was fine, but not my style. Yeah, a bunch of weird stuff happened, I’m not completely sure why. Some interesting visuals.…
The Fantastic Golem Affairs
| C | Fantastic Fest 2023 | As promised by the trailer, an absurd comedy. And it made me laugh out loud a couple of times. But many of those…
Kennedy
| C | Fantastic Fest 2023 | A serviceable crime thriller. Definitely did not spoon feed you everything up front, but wrapped everything up in the end. Fairly stylish (though…
Between Before
| C | Other Worlds 2022 | A disappointing ending to the festival. I just couldn’t buy into everything that was going on. I was fine with the science fiction…
Echelon
| C | Other Worlds 2022 | Kudos to this pair who wrote, directed, started in, ran cameras for, did post-production of—pretty much everything for this movie—during COVID. And they…
Polaris
| C | Other Worlds 2022 | Beautifully filmed. Intriguing approach to dialog (all made up language for this post-apocalyptic future). Nice use of the polar bear. And another kid…
Blow Up My Life
| C+ | Austin Film Festival 2022 | I knew we were in trouble about three minutes in. The movie starts with the main character in a graveyard (during the…
Give Me Pity!
| C | Fantastic Fest 2022 | Unfortunately, I watched this one almost immediately after All Jacked Up And Full Of Worms. They were similar in that both deteriorated into…