Chameleon (Marcus Mizelle, USA, 2019)
Drawing on the conventions of crime/thriller genre, and deploying enough nifty plot shifts to keep the audience on its toes, Chameleon keeps us guessing until the final frame.
Drawing on the conventions of crime/thriller genre, and deploying enough nifty plot shifts to keep the audience on its toes, Chameleon keeps us guessing until the final frame.
Trauma Therapy (Tyler Graham Pavey, USA, 2019)
Trauma Therapy is a purported thriller wherein four people of various levels of dysfunction agree to spend a weekend with oh so cutely-named Tovin Maven, a self-help maven, in a remote cabin deep in the nameless woods.
Trauma Therapy is a purported thriller wherein four people of various levels of dysfunction agree to spend a weekend with oh so cutely-named Tovin Maven, a self-help maven, in a remote cabin deep in the nameless woods.
Human Capital (Marc Meyers, USA, 2019)
Mainstream films in America often struggle when it comes to portraying class divides, not because it is hard to do so, but because those in charge of getting films seen are loath to honestly examine how for most people the American dream is a total nightmare.
Mainstream films in America often struggle when it comes to portraying class divides, not because it is hard to do so, but because those in charge of getting films seen are loath to honestly examine how for most people the American dream is a total nightmare.
The Riot Act (USA, Devon Parks, 2018)
In The Riot Act, a murder in a small frontier town leads to the haunting of the murderer, town patriarch Dr. Willard Pearrow (Brett Cullen).
In The Riot Act, a murder in a small frontier town leads to the haunting of the murderer, town patriarch Dr. Willard Pearrow (Brett Cullen).
Ophelia (Claire McCarthy, UK, 2018)
Even for those who have never read Shakespeare's play, the story of Hamlet has seeped into the collective unconscious enough that the key plot points are at the very least familiar.
Even for those who have never read Shakespeare's play, the story of Hamlet has seeped into the collective unconscious enough that the key plot points are at the very least familiar.
The Outsider (Timothy Woodward Jr., USA, 2019)
"A man who desires revenge should dig two graves." (unknown)
Revenge flicks and westerns are a natural fit.
"A man who desires revenge should dig two graves." (unknown)
Revenge flicks and westerns are a natural fit.
Tater Tot and Patton (Andrew Kightlinger, USA, 2017)
First things first. The weakest thing about this film is its title, which suggests a film redolent with saccharine pre-pubescent cutesy-pie charm, rather than the intelligent and nuanced character study that is actually the case.
First things first. The weakest thing about this film is its title, which suggests a film redolent with saccharine pre-pubescent cutesy-pie charm, rather than the intelligent and nuanced character study that is actually the case.
The Remarkable Life of John Weld (Gabe Torres, 2018)
The central figure in this documentary, John Weld, was a stuntman, journalist, screenplay writer, and memoirist ("Fly Away Home: Memoir of a Hollywood Stuntman") whose life was, as you might imagine from such a resume, filled with adventure and e
The central figure in this documentary, John Weld, was a stuntman, journalist, screenplay writer, and memoirist ("Fly Away Home: Memoir of a Hollywood Stuntman") whose life was, as you might imagine from such a resume, filled with adventure and e
A Boy Called Sailboat (Cameron Nugent, 2018)
A Boy Called Sailboat is a wee fable whose ability to charm will be in direct correlation to one’s default cynicism setting. The more affable and hopeful one is, the more the film is likely to win one over.
A Boy Called Sailboat is a wee fable whose ability to charm will be in direct correlation to one’s default cynicism setting. The more affable and hopeful one is, the more the film is likely to win one over.
